Legal Aid Ontario
Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
- Employees: 573
- Positions: 293
- Sum of all salaries: $82,708,144.29
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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
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 Legal Aid Ontario, including:
Top Salaries at Legal Aid Ontario in the 2025 Sunshine List
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President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général$295,880.71
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Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel$216,938.27
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Vice President, Regional Services /Vice-président, Services régionaux$211,625.51
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Acting President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale intérimaire$210,564.08
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Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel$201,204.71
2025 Ontario Sunshine List: Legal Aid Ontario Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Legal Aid Ontario's 573 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $82,708,144.29 in 2024.
At the top of the Legal Aid Ontario Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Legal Aid Ontario was President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général David Field, who brought home $295,880.71 in 2024.
Following David Field was Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel Neil Gregson, with annual earnings of $216,938.27. Vice President, Regional Services /Vice-président, Services régionaux Randall Ellsworth made $211,625.51, Acting President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale intérimaire Janet Budgell made $210,564.08, and Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel Kirstie Bloomfield round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $201,204.71 for the Legal Aid Ontario 2025 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2024, 77 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 240 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 251 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Legal Aid Ontario.
Salary breakdown
- 77 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
- 240 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
- 251 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
- 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
- 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2025 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employers List.