Ontario Sunshine List 2000

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 1999 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$116,860.32
earned in 1999
JOHNNY WONG Professor
University of Waterloo
$116,842.13
earned in 1999
BILL G. BABICHUK Director, Year 2000 Corp Prog
Ontario Power Generation
$116,841.73
earned in 1999
DONALD W TAYLOR ADM Food Industry
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
$116,839.65
earned in 1999
DAVID ANDERSON Manager - Programming
Independent Electricity Market Op.
$116,825.36
earned in 1999
MICHAEL SHARRATT Professor
University of Waterloo
$116,825.16
earned in 1999
DONALD CAREY Shift Operating Supervisor
Ontario Power Generation
$116,820.96
earned in 1999
S. L. DE LORENZI Shift Operating Supervisor
Ontario Power Generation
$116,819.76
earned in 1999
JAMES H. K. TANG Manager, Civil Dept.
Ontario Power Generation
$116,817.96
earned in 1999
ARTHUR W. CRAGG Professor, Schulich School of Bus.
York University
$116,817.07
earned in 1999
STEVE CHUI Sr. Eng/ Tech Off - Sr Gen Resource
Ontario Power Generation
$116,816.93
earned in 1999
JOHN HENRY DECK Forensic Pathologist
Solicitor General
$116,814.24
earned in 1999
THOMAS MARLOR Deputy Chief of Police
Region of Hamilton-Wentworth
$116,803.97
earned in 1999
KEVIN WHITE Assistant Professor / MD
University of Western Ontario
$116,798.62
earned in 1999
DONALD M. ECCLESTONE Sr. Advisor, Investment Planning
Ontario Power Generation
$116,786.75
earned in 1999
DR. EDWARD ROBINSON Clinical Director
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
$116,783.30
earned in 1999
CHRISTOPHER KNAPPER Dir, Instructional Dev / Professor, Psych
Queen's University
$116,779.96
earned in 1999
LEE MAGUIRE Associate Dean, Business Management
Ryerson Polytechnic University
$116,779.02
earned in 1999
JAMES F BURKE Prof / Acting Chair- Spanish & Portuguese
University of Toronto
$116,770.08
earned in 1999
BRUCE LAUGHTON President & Chief Executive Officer
Quinte Healthcare Corporation
$116,769.24
earned in 1999
DAVID ARONOFF Assistant Deputy Minister
Management Board Secretariat
Page 167 of 407 - Total result: 8,125
Published March 2000

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2000

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:

2000 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 8,125 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,012,213,785.24 in 1999.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was EVP & Chief Nuclear Officer G. CARL ANDOGNINI, who brought home $1,385,547.22 in 1999.

Following G. CARL ANDOGNINI was President & CEO RONALD W. OSBORNE, with annual earnings of $1,351,304.00. Vice President, NPAG BRIAN DEBS made $1,168,988.97, Vice President, NPAG RICK MACHON made $869,884.43, and Vice President, NPAG EUGENE PRESTON round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $827,799.77 for the Ontario 2000 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 1999, 3,423 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 3,599 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 899 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 106 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 44 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 54 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 3,423 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 3,599 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 899 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 106 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 44 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 54 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2000 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2000 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2000 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.