Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2024
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.
This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport, including:
Top Salaries at Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport in the 2024 Sunshine List
Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability / Sous-ministre adjointe, Division des relations avec les organismes et de la responsabilisation
2024 Ontario Sunshine List: Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport's
162 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $19,582,426.33 in 2023.
At the top of the Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport was
Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Annina Chiarelli, who brought home $309,965.02 in 2023.
Following Annina Chiarelli was Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability / Sous-ministre adjointe, Division des relations avec les organismes et de la responsabilisation Lisa Lavecchia, with annual earnings of $212,595.48.Assistant Deputy Minister / Chief Administrative Officer, Regional and Corporate Services Division / Sous-ministre adjointe / directrice générale de l'administration, Division des services régionaux et ministériels Melody Robinson made $202,391.10,Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism and Culture / Sous-ministre adjointe, Tourisme et culture Katherine Kelly made $191,062.68, and Director, Intellectual Property Ontario / Directrice, Propriété intellectuelle Ontario Dawn Landry round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $183,429.40 for the Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport 2024 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2023,
53 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 93 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 13 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000
at the Tourism, Culture and Sport / Tourisme, Culture et Sport.
