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
$167,499.96
earned in 1999
DAVID ATKINSON President & Vice-Chancellor
Brock University
$167,489.66
earned in 1999
PIERRE F. TREMBLAY Vice President, Nuclear Training
Ontario Power Generation
$167,361.56
earned in 1999
PETER T. ZARRY Dir., Exec. Prgms, Schulich Sch. of Bus.
York University
$167,288.36
earned in 1999
KANAK CHOPRA Director Risk Control
Ontario Financing Authority
$167,155.85
earned in 1999
VERNA M. MAI Director, Screening Unit
Cancer Care Ontario
$167,091.04
earned in 1999
ALAN GEORGE Professor
University of Waterloo
$167,000.00
earned in 1999
W.JOHN LAUGHLIN Director of Education and Secretary
Thames Valley DSB
$166,997.20
earned in 1999
DR. NOAMI MILLER Pathologist
University Health Network
$166,987.54
earned in 1999
JOHN LOBO Commissioner Public Works & Traffic Serv
City of Hamilton
$166,873.80
earned in 1999
DR. BRUCE YOUNGSON Pathologist
University Health Network
$166,739.55
earned in 1999
MICHAEL J MCKINNON Operational Manager
Correctional Services
$166,464.08
earned in 1999
DOMINIC IAFRATE Director, Operations & Mainten
Ontario Power Generation
$166,443.00
earned in 1999
SANGETTA JOSHI Associate Pathologist
Greater Niagara General Hospital
$166,420.80
earned in 1999
GREGORY J WILSON Pathologist
Hospital for Sick Children
$166,401.31
earned in 1999
LINDA J. MCRAE VP, Nuclear Human Resources
Ontario Power Generation
$166,039.02
earned in 1999
JAMES ARTHUR University Professor of Mathematics
University of Toronto
$165,966.32
earned in 1999
SHEILA A. SCHULTZ President
Pembroke
$165,866.02
earned in 1999
MURRAY UROWITZ Prof, MedAssoc Dean, Postgrad Med Ed
University of Toronto
$165,848.72
earned in 1999
B. R. STORY Vice President, Labour Relations
Ontario Power Generation
$165,678.57
earned in 1999
LINDA JOLLEY VP Policy & Research
Workplace Safety & Insurance Brd
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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.