Culture

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$237,080.50
earned in 2008 		MARGUERITE RAPPOLT Deputy Minister
Culture
$176,826.87
earned in 2008 		PATRICIA LI Assistant Deputy Minister, Royal Botanical Gardens
Culture
$174,040.94
earned in 2008 		STEVEN DAVIDSON Assistant Deputy Minister, Culture Policy, Programs & Services Division
Culture
$172,216.80
earned in 2008 		GEOFFREY QUIRT Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
Culture
$119,735.84
earned in 2008 		RICHARD MORTIMER Director, Programs & Services Branch
Culture
$116,499.99
earned in 2008 		DONNA RATCHFORD Director, Culture Policy
Culture
$106,983.06
earned in 2008 		JACKIE WOOD Senior Project Manager
Culture
$103,720.40
earned in 2008 		ELIZABETH ESTEVES Manager, Policy Initiatives Unit
Culture
$102,703.77
earned in 2008 		ALAN ERNST Executive Assistant
Culture
$102,456.46
earned in 2008 		NEIL DOWNS Manager, Culture Programs Unit
Culture
$101,015.42
earned in 2008 		SUZANNE ROWE-KNIGHT Manager, Culture Liaison Unit
Culture
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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 Culture, including:

  • Top Salaries at Culture in the 2009 Sunshine List
  • MARGUERITE RAPPOLT
    Deputy Minister
    $237,080.50
  • PATRICIA LI
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Royal Botanical Gardens
    $176,826.87
  • STEVEN DAVIDSON
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Culture Policy, Programs & Services Division
    $174,040.94
  • GEOFFREY QUIRT
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Seniors' Secretariat
    $172,216.80
  • RICHARD MORTIMER
    Director, Programs & Services Branch
    $119,735.84

2009 Ontario Sunshine List: Culture Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Culture's 11 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,513,280.05 in 2008.

At the top of the Culture Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Culture was Deputy Minister MARGUERITE RAPPOLT, who brought home $237,080.50 in 2008.

Following MARGUERITE RAPPOLT was Assistant Deputy Minister, Royal Botanical Gardens PATRICIA LI, with annual earnings of $176,826.87. Assistant Deputy Minister, Culture Policy, Programs & Services Division STEVEN DAVIDSON made $174,040.94, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Seniors' Secretariat GEOFFREY QUIRT made $172,216.80, and Director, Programs & Services Branch RICHARD MORTIMER round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $119,735.84 for the Culture 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 5 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 2 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 3 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Culture.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 5 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 2 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 3 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000

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.