Legal Aid Ontario

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 Legal Aid Ontario, including:

2009 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 64 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $7,919,934.98 in 2008.

At the top of the Legal Aid Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Legal Aid Ontario was President/Chief Executive Officer ROBERT WARD, who brought home $243,274.71 in 2008.

Following ROBERT WARD was Senior Special Advisor to the Chair & Board RUTH LAWSON, with annual earnings of $176,593.61. Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer MICHELLE SEGUIN made $175,793.59, Vice President/General Counsel SUSAN MCCAFFREY made $169,218.59, and Policy Counsel HELENA BIRT round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $168,021.53 for the Legal Aid Ontario 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 24 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 31 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Legal Aid Ontario.

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.