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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2007

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 University of Waterloo, including:

2007 Ontario Sunshine List: University of Waterloo Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, University of Waterloo's 581 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $73,963,700.49 in 2006.

At the top of the University of Waterloo Sunshine List

Topping the list for the University of Waterloo was President DAVID L. JOHNSTON, who brought home $416,232.01 in 2006.

Following DAVID L. JOHNSTON was Vice President, Academic & Provost AMIT CHAKMA, with annual earnings of $365,859.92. Vice President, University Relations LAURA TALBOT-ALLAN made $301,395.72, President/Professor MICHAEL HIGGINS made $285,593.58, and Professor ADEL SEDRA round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $256,324.48 for the University of Waterloo 2007 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2006, 132 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 390 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 51 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 2 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 3 received over $300,000 at the University of Waterloo.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2007 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2007 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2007 Employers List.