Citizenship and Immigration

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

Salary Name Position
$104,520.16
earned in 2018
Rahel Ogbagzy Senior Program Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
$125,254.25
earned in 2018
Raymond Chen Manager, Corporate Planning
Citizenship and Immigration
$110,449.22
earned in 2018
Rino Salvador Manager, Facilities, Information and Records Management
Citizenship and Immigration
$127,304.06
earned in 2018
Roderick Browning Manager, Corporate Policy Unit
Citizenship and Immigration
$103,518.71
earned in 2018
Scott Bertrand Senior Strategic Communications Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
$103,933.18
earned in 2018
Sheldon Ens Senior Strategic Communications Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
$116,428.16
earned in 2018
Sirad Mohamoud Director, Refugee Resettlement
Citizenship and Immigration
$101,200.95
earned in 2018
Susan Brooks Senior Policy Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
$140,923.77
earned in 2018
Suzanne Hastie Director, Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program Delivery Branch
Citizenship and Immigration
$119,814.08
earned in 2018
Ursula Lipski Manager, Program Design
Citizenship and Immigration
$121,937.45
earned in 2018
Valerie Andrews Manager, East Region
Citizenship and Immigration
$127,304.06
earned in 2018
Valerie Thompson Manager, Public Affairs and New Media
Citizenship and Immigration
$192,290.49
earned in 2018
Virginia Hatchette Assistant Deputy Minister, Refugee Resettlement Secretariat
Citizenship and Immigration
$103,395.94
earned in 2018
Waheeda Baksh Senior Policy Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
$103,652.92
earned in 2018
Wendy Orton Senior Strategic Communications Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
$149,945.12
earned in 2018
Yvonne Amanda Ferrer Director, Program Management and Evaluation
Citizenship and Immigration
$103,740.22
earned in 2018
Zoi Angelis Strategic Planning Advisor
Citizenship and Immigration
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Published March 2019

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

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 Citizenship and Immigration, including:

  • Top Salaries at Citizenship and Immigration in the 2019 Sunshine List
  • Deputy Minister
    $288,321.07
  • Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional and Corporate Services Division
    $192,290.49
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration Selection Division
    $192,290.49
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Refugee Resettlement Secretariat
    $192,290.49
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Immigration Division
    $192,290.49

2019 Ontario Sunshine List: Citizenship and Immigration Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Citizenship and Immigration's 77 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $9,567,234.05 in 2018.

At the top of the Citizenship and Immigration Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Citizenship and Immigration was Deputy Minister Alexander Bezzina, who brought home $288,321.07 in 2018.

Following Alexander Bezzina was Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional and Corporate Services Division Maureen Buckley, with annual earnings of $192,290.49. Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration Selection Division Michael Reid made $192,290.49, Assistant Deputy Minister, Refugee Resettlement Secretariat Virginia Hatchette made $192,290.49, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Immigration Division Cindy Lam round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $192,290.49 for the Citizenship and Immigration 2019 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2018, 35 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 30 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 11 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Citizenship and Immigration.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 35 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 30 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 11 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2019 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employers List.