Ontario Sunshine List 2010

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2009 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$105,885.99
earned in 2009
A. DINO DORIA Professor
Humber College
$111,484.07
earned in 2009
A. ERIC KAM Associate Professor
Ryerson University
$231,066.26
earned in 2009
A. GHANI RAZAQPUR Professor/Endowed Chair/Department Chair
McMaster University
$130,112.88
earned in 2009
A. GUY PLINT Professor
University of Western Ontario
$152,973.91
earned in 2009
A. HERSCH JACOBS Professor
Ryerson University
$146,513.38
earned in 2009
A. HUGH DE QUEHEN Professor of English
University of Toronto
$135,892.26
earned in 2009
A. IAN MCLEOD Professor
University of Western Ontario
$133,290.49
earned in 2009
A. JOFFRE MERCIER Professor, Biological Sciences
Brock University
$152,049.11
earned in 2009
A. MICHAEL BIRK Head, Mechanical & Materials Engineering & Professor, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Queen's University
$231,983.98
earned in 2009
A. SCOTT CARSON Director, Queen's MBA Program, School of Business & Professor, School of Business
Queen's University
$199,285.97
earned in 2009
A. TANSU BARKER Professor, Marketing, International Business & Strategy
Brock University
$170,320.50
earned in 2009
A. W. YOUNG Associate Professor, Accounting
Brock University
$151,303.00
earned in 2009
AARON FENTON Professor of Dentistry
University of Toronto
$106,043.40
earned in 2009
AARON CHILDS Associate Professor
McMaster University
$111,585.00
earned in 2009
AARON WHEELER Professor of Chemistry
University of Toronto
$120,716.16
earned in 2009
AARON SCHAT Associate Professor
McMaster University
$138,076.28
earned in 2009
AARON HERTZMANN Professor of Computer Science
University of Toronto
$228,718.04
earned in 2009
AARON FENSTER Professor
University of Western Ontario
$108,848.33
earned in 2009
AARON FISK Associate Professor; Canada Research Chair
University of Windsor
$129,858.37
earned in 2009
AARON A. DHIR Assistant Professor
York University
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Published March 2010

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2010

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 Ontario, including:

2010 Ontario Sunshine List: Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Ontario's 64,218 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $8,254,711,038.46 in 2009.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer JAMES F. HANKINSON, who brought home $2,150,115.69 in 2009.

Following JAMES F. HANKINSON was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, with annual earnings of $1,011,334.21. President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $975,175.92, Michael and Sonja Koerner Director and Chief Executive Officer MATTHEW TEITELBAUM made $945,498.00, and Senior Vice President, Nuclear Refurbishment WILLIAM R. ROBINSON round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $875,647.88 for the Ontario 2010 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2009, 22,948 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 31,078 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 7,307 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,655 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 655 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 575 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 22,948 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 31,078 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 7,307 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,655 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 655 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 575 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2010 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employers List.

Sunshine List Resources

Here are the Frequently Asked Questions about the Ontario Sunshine List.

The Ontario Sunshine List is the Ministry of Finance's listing of salary, benefits, and severance information. The Ontario Sunshine List is the province's annual list of public sector employees and publicly-funded agency employees paid more than $100,000 annually. For a complete list of names, go to SunhineListStats.com

In 1996 the Ontario Sunshine List began as a way to ensure accountability to taxpayers through Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. The annual list of public sector employees who earn over $100,000 per year or greater.

SunhineListStats.com aims to spotlight government spending and public funding to create awareness of where your money is being spent as a taxpayer. It lets taxpayers compare the performance of an organization with the compensation given to the people running it.

No, the Ontario Sunshine List does not include non-taxable benefits such as pension costs. The Sunshine List includes salaries and taxable benefits.

The Ontario Sunshine List is calculated by using a list of taxable salary, benefits, and severance information.

Yes, the Sunshine List does include bonuses, salaries, overtime, severances, and benefits.

Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Ontario, 244,390 staffers made the list, earning a total salary of $30,240,295,606.44 (more than thirty billion) in 2021.

The Ontario Sunshine List aims to shed light on government expenditures. The Sunshine List also helps the Ministry of Finance identify public sector employees who earn over $100,000 in salary and above.

Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.

Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.

The $100,000 annual income is calculated before taxes. If these public sector employees are paid $100,000 or more, then the total of these taxable benefits has to be disclosed.