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
$101,140.90
earned in 2012
STEPHEN VOKES Director of Operations
Municipality of Meaford
$101,112.09
earned in 2012
JO ANN TESSIER Director Medicine / Directrice de la médecine
Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall
$101,101.12
earned in 2012
STEVEN VOLPINI Director, Applications / Gestionnaire, Applications
Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital
$101,093.02
earned in 2012
ALLEN MCKAY Associate Director Administration Emergency Medical Services
Regional Municipality of Niagara
$101,086.96
earned in 2012
SAMANTHA JONES Director of Corporate Partnerships & Strategic Projects
Pathways to Education Canada
$101,086.78
earned in 2012
SHARRON OWEN Director Communications /Executive Director Foundation
St. Joseph's Care Group
$101,083.82
earned in 2012
DEBORAH HOOK Director of Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre / Directrice du Centre de gestion du sevrage d'Ottawa
Montfort Renaissance inc.
$101,074.21
earned in 2012
BRIGITTE KLEER Director Communications & Public Relations
York University
$101,059.66
earned in 2012
GREG COELHO Acting Director, International
George Brown College
$101,057.60
earned in 2012
VICTORIA DIAZ Assistant Director, Institutional Research and Planning
University of Ottawa
$101,045.82
earned in 2012
KRISZTINA HARMATH Director, Administration and Finance
University of Toronto
$101,040.15
earned in 2012
NAZA DJAFAROVA Program Director
Ryerson University
$101,028.83
earned in 2012
TINA WALSH Assistant Director Nursing-Wentworth Lodge
City of Hamilton
$101,024.04
earned in 2012
WENDY LARMAN Director of Finance
Community Living St. Catharines
$101,019.80
earned in 2012
HANS MESSERSMITH Assistant Director
McMaster University
$101,010.54
earned in 2012
GARY CHARBONNEAU Director of Public Works
Township of Wilmot
$101,003.00
earned in 2012
CLARA DORVAL Finance and Human Resources Director/ Directeur de finance et ressources humaines
Cochrane Temiskaming Resource Centre / Centre de ressources Cochrane Temiskaming
$100,979.29
earned in 2012
JAYNEE CHAMPAGNE Executive Director
Innovative Community Support Services
$100,975.78
earned in 2012
ELIZABETH RAMSDEN Deputy Director, Legal Aid Ontario Law
Legal Aid Ontario
$100,960.30
earned in 2012
ROBERT ARMSTRONG Director of Planning & Building
Municipality of Meaford
Page 371 of 378 - Total result: 7,553
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.