Ontario Sunshine List 2015

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2014 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$197,045.34
earned in 2014
Prabhu Rajan Director, Legal Services / Directeur, services juridiques
Attorney General
$197,042.21
earned in 2014
Katherine Klas Director, Workplace Transformation / Directrice, Transformation en milieu de travail
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
$197,031.22
earned in 2014
Fateh Salim Director, Legal Services / Directeur, services juridiques
Attorney General
$196,577.13
earned in 2014
Brian Baetz Professor / Department Chair / Director
McMaster University
$196,560.00
earned in 2014
Richard Cummings Executive Director
Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto
$196,544.05
earned in 2014
Robert Chow Director, Transmission Integration / Directeur - Gestion intégrée du transport d'électricité
Ontario Power Authority
$196,511.05
earned in 2014
Catherine Wang Executive Director, Operations
University Health Network
$196,504.17
earned in 2014
Thavanesan Naidoo Director - Pension Fund Investments
Hydro One
$196,503.08
earned in 2014
Beili Wong Executive Director Internal Audit and Chief Audit Executive / Directrice générale et chef de la vérification
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
$196,503.08
earned in 2014
Rafik Louli Regional Director, Central Region / Directeur régional, région du Centre
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
$196,472.87
earned in 2014
Martin Philip Hayward Managing Director Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
City of London
$196,468.03
earned in 2014
Roy Martin Project Director
Ontario Power Generation
$196,381.09
earned in 2014
Tracey Cook Executive Director Municipal Licensing and Standards
City of Toronto
$196,292.61
earned in 2014
Tom Golfetto Executive Director / Arbitration Director, Automobile Insurance Division / Directeur général / Directeur des arbitrages, Division de l'assurance-automobile
Financial Services Commission
$196,281.12
earned in 2014
Joeri Van Den Steenhoven Director, MaRS Solutions Lab / Directeur, Laboratoire de solutions MaRS
MaRS Discovery District
$196,277.41
earned in 2014
Robert Lyng Director Environmental Governance
Ontario Power Generation
$196,254.31
earned in 2014
Randall Hansen Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
University of Toronto
$196,013.41
earned in 2014
Daphne Gaby Donaldson Executive Director Corporate Information Management Services
City of Toronto
$195,961.74
earned in 2014
Sanjay Puri Director, Financial Services and Planning
Humber College
$195,843.36
earned in 2014
Kim Nossal Professor - Political Studies, Director and Stauffer-Dunning Chair - School of Policy Studies
Queen's University
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Published March 2015

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2015

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:

2015 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 111,655 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $14,199,256,304.57 in 2014.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Mitchell, who brought home $1,555,200.04 in 2014.

Following Thomas Mitchell was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Donn W. Hanbidge, with annual earnings of $1,208,155.82. President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation William Moriarty made $937,500.00, President and Vice-Chancellor Amit Chakma made $924,000.04, and President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Macisaac round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $755,715.53 for the Ontario 2015 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2014, 40,709 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 54,241 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 11,960 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2,840 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 980 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 925 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 40,709 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 54,241 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 11,960 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 2,840 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 980 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 925 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2015 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2015 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2015 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.