Ontario Sunshine List 2009

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2008 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$314,000.00
earned in 2008
DAVID JOSEPH MITCHELL Vice-Principal, Advancement
Queen's University
$313,952.98
earned in 2008
LICK SAN HUNG Pathologist
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
$313,915.84
earned in 2008
SIDNEY LINDEN Judge/Conflict of Interest Commissioner
Ontario Court of Justice
$313,638.83
earned in 2008
MAUREEN SHANDLING Senior Vice President, Medical
Mount Sinai Hospital
$313,524.90
earned in 2008
MURRAY POTTER Associate Physician
Hamilton Health Sciences
$313,456.08
earned in 2008
ROSS H PAUL President/Professor
University of Windsor
$313,422.29
earned in 2008
BRENDA ZIMMERMAN Associate Professor
York University
$313,092.52
earned in 2008
DIANE PETO Associate, Equity Trading
OMERS Administration Corporation
$313,036.45
earned in 2008
DAVID ROWE Senior Vice President
The Credit Valley Hospital
$312,944.03
earned in 2008
CHARLES J PAUTLER Vice President, Public Affairs
Ontario Power Generation
$312,938.08
earned in 2008
CHERUPUSHPAM ALEXANDER Pathologist
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
$312,874.36
earned in 2008
GABRIELA GOHLA Pathologist
St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton
$312,644.00
earned in 2008
ELEANOR LATTA Laboratory Physician
St. Michael's Hospital
$312,378.46
earned in 2008
BRUCE YOUNGSON Laboratory Physician
University Health Network
$312,362.63
earned in 2008
ANNA MORRIS Pathologist
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
$312,359.49
earned in 2008
NAOMI MILLER Laboratory Division Head, Physician
University Health Network
$312,318.48
earned in 2008
DR. JOANNE HOLTBY Psychiatrist
Northeast Mental Health Centre
$312,148.64
earned in 2008
DR. DOUGLAS MARR Psychiatrist
Northeast Mental Health Centre
$312,090.61
earned in 2008
JOHN PROVIAS Pathologist
Hamilton Health Sciences
$312,085.48
earned in 2008
ANDREW EVANS Laboratory Physician
University Health Network
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Published March 2009

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

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:

2009 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 53,816 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $6,933,718,638.81 in 2008.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President/Chief Executive Officer JAMES F HANKINSON, who brought home $2,475,800.04 in 2008.

Following JAMES F HANKINSON was President/Chief Executive Officer, OMERS MICHAEL NOBREGA, with annual earnings of $1,926,357.70. Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer PIERRE R CHARLEBOIS made $1,460,070.86, President/Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $924,436.94, and Chief Nuclear Officer THOMAS MITCHELL round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $924,084.96 for the Ontario 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 20,563 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 24,658 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 6,050 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,242 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 695 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 608 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 20,563 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 24,658 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 6,050 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,242 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 695 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 608 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2009 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2009 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2009 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.