Tourism

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$102,586.28
earned in 2008 		BONI FOX GRAY Assistant Director
Tourism
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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 Tourism, including:

  • Top Salaries at Tourism in the 2009 Sunshine List
  • MICHAEL KURTS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Policy & Development Division
    $176,426.00
  • SHIRLEY PHILLIPS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Operations
    $132,702.16
  • MICHAEL LANGFORD
    Director, Investment & Development Office
    $131,287.81
  • SERGIO BUONOCORE
    General Manager, Fort William Historical Park
    $125,513.54
  • SHEILA LARMER
    Director, 1812 Commemoration
    $124,638.11

2009 Ontario Sunshine List: Tourism Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Tourism's 13 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,582,824.64 in 2008.

At the top of the Tourism Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Tourism was Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Policy & Development Division MICHAEL KURTS, who brought home $176,426.00 in 2008.

Following MICHAEL KURTS was Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Operations SHIRLEY PHILLIPS, with annual earnings of $132,702.16. Director, Investment & Development Office MICHAEL LANGFORD made $131,287.81, General Manager, Fort William Historical Park SERGIO BUONOCORE made $125,513.54, and Director, 1812 Commemoration SHEILA LARMER round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $124,638.11 for the Tourism 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 4 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 8 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Tourism.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 4 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 8 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 1 employee made between $150,000 to $200,000

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.