Ontario Sunshine List 2012

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2011 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$120,029.02
earned in 2011
MURRAY LEANING Director, Communications / Directeur des communications
Education / Éducation
$114,278.25
earned in 2011
NEMONE SMITH Assistant Director, Communications / Directrice adjointe des communications
Education / Éducation
$136,994.52
earned in 2011
NICOLE LORETO Director, Communications / Directrice des communications et de l'engagement de la collectivité
Royal Ottawa Health Care Group / Services de santé Royal Ottawa
$111,727.67
earned in 2011
PAOLA GEMMITI Assistant Director, Communications Branch / Directrice adjointe, Direction des communications
Energy / Énergie
$104,291.69
earned in 2011
PATRICIA NELSON Director, Communications and Corporate Services / Directrice, Communications et Services de gestion
Local Health Integration Network - Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant / Réseau local d'intégration des services de santé - Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant
$121,109.34
earned in 2011
RHEA COHEN Director, Communications
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
$110,422.50
earned in 2011
RICHARD FRANK Assistant Director, Communications Branch / Directeur adjoint, Direction des communications
Consumer Services / Services aux consommateurs
$122,912.13
earned in 2011
ROBERT SAVAGE Director, Communications
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts & Technology of Ontario
$145,145.00
earned in 2011
SANDRA CRUICKSHANKS Director, Communications & Public Affairs / Directrice, Communications et affaires publiques
Ontario Trillium Foundation / Fondation Trillium de l'Ontario
$127,683.09
earned in 2011
SANDRA FAWCETT Director, Communications / Directeur, Communications
Trillium Gift of Life Network / Réseau Trillium pour le don de vie
$141,830.43
earned in 2011
SARINA CHENG Director, Communications Services
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
$107,845.88
earned in 2011
STEVEN ERWIN Director, Communications
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital
$126,208.05
earned in 2011
STEVEN M. GREEN Director, Communications / Directeur des communications
Cabinet Office / Bureau du Conseil des ministres
$113,214.62
earned in 2011
STEVEN ROBINSON Assistant Director, Communications / Directeur adjoint des communications
Education / Éducation
$133,250.00
earned in 2011
STEVE RAYMENT Director, Communications and Marketing / Directeur, Communications et marketing
Ontario Educational Communications Authority / Office de la télécommunication éducative de l'Ontario
$164,486.74
earned in 2011
SUSAN BLOCH-NEVITTE Executive Director, Communications / directrice générale des communications
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario / Conseil ontarien de la qualité de l'enseignement supérieur
$137,766.00
earned in 2011
SUSAN NAKHLE Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Ontario Shores Centre For Mental Health Sciences
$100,709.75
earned in 2011
SUSAN SHILLER Director, Communications
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
$176,064.53
earned in 2011
SUZANNE COWAN Managing Director, Communications and Stakeholder Relations / Directrice générale, Communications et Relations avec les intervenants
Ontario Energy Board / Commission de l'énergie de l'Ontario
$138,148.47
earned in 2011
THOMAS ZACH Director, Communications & Marketing / Directeur des communications et du marketing
Labour / Travail
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Published March 2012

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2012

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:

2012 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 79,712 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $10,168,099,874.95 in 2011.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, who brought home $1,824,000.04 in 2011.

Following THOMAS MITCHELL was President & Chief Executive Officer CLIFFORD NORDAL, with annual earnings of $1,454,257.75. Executive Vice President, Business Transformation Project WILLIAM ROBINSON made $972,641.88, President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $961,963.00, and Chief Nuclear Officer WAYNE ROBBINS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $893,527.24 for the Ontario 2012 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2011, 29,082 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 38,379 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8,949 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,603 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,073 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 626 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 29,082 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 38,379 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8,949 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,603 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,073 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 626 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2012 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2012 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2012 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.