Ontario Sunshine List 2007

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2006 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$103,344.01
earned in 2006
CATHERINE PAISLEY Director, Science Education
Ontario Science Centre
$103,341.72
earned in 2006
ARTHUR J. VAN DER EST Chair, Professor of Chemistry
Brock University
$103,341.41
earned in 2006
JAMES ELLIOTT Electrical & Control Technician/Technologist
Ontario Power Generation
$103,341.19
earned in 2006
HONGFA HU Professor
University of Windsor
$103,339.24
earned in 2006
BOGUMIL BRYL Police Constable
City of Toronto - Toronto Police Service
$103,335.37
earned in 2006
KEVIN STANLEY Sergeant 1st Class
City of Hamilton
$103,334.64
earned in 2006
S ARGUNER Senior Design Engineer
Ontario Power Generation
$103,333.79
earned in 2006
JOHN ROACH District Chief Operations
City of Toronto
$103,332.90
earned in 2006
DAVID LAMME Law Enforcement Officer
Community Safety & Corr. Services
$103,332.56
earned in 2006
WARREN CHRISTIANI Health Physicist
Ontario Power Generation
$103,332.54
earned in 2006
IAN PRESS Secondary Principal
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
$103,332.54
earned in 2006
NANCY QUINN Secondary Principal
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
$103,332.26
earned in 2006
SHIRLEE KOWALCHUK Manager of Employee Relations
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board
$103,332.26
earned in 2006
PIA ELSTON Controller of Finance
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board
$103,332.22
earned in 2006
BRIAN COMBE Manager, Infrastructure Services
Government Services
$103,331.19
earned in 2006
NICHOLAS LIANTZAKIS General Duty Officer
Community Safety & Corr. Services
$103,331.09
earned in 2006
SOLI PESTONJI Senior Technical Engineer/Officer
Ontario Power Generation
$103,330.01
earned in 2006
DAVID CHAN Business Manager, Security Policy
Government Services
$103,329.12
earned in 2006
MICHAEL LEEMAN Shift Control Engineer/Officer
Hydro One
$103,328.60
earned in 2006
THAD BAKER Principal, Elementary
Toronto Catholic District School Board
Page 1452 of 1,710 - Total result: 34,197
Published March 2007

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 Ontario, including:

2007 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 34,199 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $4,413,429,390.26 in 2006.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President/Chief Executive Officer TOM PARKINSON, who brought home $1,560,900.85 in 2006.

Following TOM PARKINSON was President & Chief Executive Officer JAMES F HANKINSON, with annual earnings of $1,480,804.01. President & Chief Executive Officer DAVID GOULDING made $1,217,959.52, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer PIERRE R CHARLEBOIS made $1,015,540.32, and President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement System PAUL HAGGIS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $958,121.44 for the Ontario 2007 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2006, 12,857 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 15,979 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 3,689 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 980 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 327 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 367 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 12,857 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 15,979 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 3,689 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 980 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 327 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 367 employees made more than $300,000

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.

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.