Ontario Sunshine List 2013

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2012 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$242,895.90
earned in 2012
EDWARD SARGENT Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada Research Council Chair, Vice Dean – Research, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
$240,860.04
earned in 2012
SIOBAN NELSON Dean and Professor, Chair, Council of Health Sciences
University of Toronto
$240,186.86
earned in 2012
FARID NAJM Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
$238,996.52
earned in 2012
ARTHUR HOSIOS Professor and Chair of Economics
University of Toronto
$236,186.00
earned in 2012
DAVID WOLFE Chair, Children’s Mental Health / Directeur, Santé mentale des enfants
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health / Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale
$235,019.02
earned in 2012
LOUIS PAULY Professor and Chair of Political Science
University of Toronto
$229,301.46
earned in 2012
DANIEL FIGEYS Canada Research Chair
University of Ottawa
$228,871.37
earned in 2012
PAUL HEBERT Professor & Canada Research Chair
University of Guelph
$227,957.98
earned in 2012
STEPHEN MATTHEWS Professor and Chair, Physiology
University of Toronto
$225,337.62
earned in 2012
ROBERT BOYD Canada Research Chair
University of Ottawa
$225,134.88
earned in 2012
MOHAMMAD IRAVANI Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, L. Lau Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
$225,096.00
earned in 2012
HUGH GUNZ Professor of Management and Associate Chair, Management
University of Toronto
$223,197.07
earned in 2012
TREVOR WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN Professor/Area Chair
McMaster University
$222,376.02
earned in 2012
JACK UETRECHT Professor of Pharmacy and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Medicine
University of Toronto
$221,856.02
earned in 2012
LOCKE ROWE Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto
$221,670.00
earned in 2012
RICK HACKETT Professor/Canada Research Chair Tier I
McMaster University
$221,394.00
earned in 2012
SVEN JOSEF DICKINSON Professor and Chair of Computer Science
University of Toronto
$221,062.50
earned in 2012
HOWARD YEE Professor and Chair of Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Toronto
$220,411.72
earned in 2012
SUSAN P. C. COLE Professor – Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Bracken Chair in Genetics and Molecular Medicine – Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Canada Research Chair, Tier 1 – Biomedical and Molecular Science, Deputy Provost – Provost and Vice–Principal (Academic)
Queen's University
$219,584.20
earned in 2012
HOLGER SCHUENEMANN Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
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Published March 2013

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2013

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 Ontario, including:

2013 Ontario Sunshine List: Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Ontario's 88,542 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $11,290,697,119.59 in 2012.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, who brought home $1,720,000.04 in 2012.

Following THOMAS MITCHELL was President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA, with annual earnings of $1,036,740.38. Chief Nuclear Officer WAYNE ROBBINS made $935,236.43, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Projects ALBERT SWEETNAM made $843,095.00, and President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation WILLIAM MORIARTY round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $773,830.00 for the Ontario 2013 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2012, 32,903 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 42,148 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 9,921 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,750 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 952 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 868 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 32,903 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 42,148 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 9,921 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,750 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 952 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 868 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2013 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employers List.

Sunshine List Resources

Here are the Frequently Asked Questions about the Ontario Sunshine List.

The Ontario Sunshine List is the Ministry of Finance's listing of salary, benefits, and severance information. The Ontario Sunshine List is the province's annual list of public sector employees and publicly-funded agency employees paid more than $100,000 annually. For a complete list of names, go to SunhineListStats.com

In 1996 the Ontario Sunshine List began as a way to ensure accountability to taxpayers through Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. The annual list of public sector employees who earn over $100,000 per year or greater.

SunhineListStats.com aims to spotlight government spending and public funding to create awareness of where your money is being spent as a taxpayer. It lets taxpayers compare the performance of an organization with the compensation given to the people running it.

No, the Ontario Sunshine List does not include non-taxable benefits such as pension costs. The Sunshine List includes salaries and taxable benefits.

The Ontario Sunshine List is calculated by using a list of taxable salary, benefits, and severance information.

Yes, the Sunshine List does include bonuses, salaries, overtime, severances, and benefits.

Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Ontario, 244,390 staffers made the list, earning a total salary of $30,240,295,606.44 (more than thirty billion) in 2021.

The Ontario Sunshine List aims to shed light on government expenditures. The Sunshine List also helps the Ministry of Finance identify public sector employees who earn over $100,000 in salary and above.

Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.

Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.

The $100,000 annual income is calculated before taxes. If these public sector employees are paid $100,000 or more, then the total of these taxable benefits has to be disclosed.