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
$668,316.20
earned in 2009
W. DAVID WILSON Chair
Ontario Securities Commission
$492,147.65
earned in 2009
HOWARD WETSTON Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Energy Board
$470,582.38
earned in 2009
LAWRENCE RITCHIE Vice Chair
Ontario Securities Commission
$469,743.21
earned in 2009
JAMES TURNER Vice Chair
Ontario Securities Commission
$368,854.35
earned in 2009
GORDON KAISER Vice Chair
Ontario Energy Board
$367,815.92
earned in 2009
THOMAS MCCURDY Professor of Finance, Director (Finance Lab) & Chair
University of Toronto
$363,085.10
earned in 2009
PAMELA NOWINA Vice Chair
Ontario Energy Board
$329,429.49
earned in 2009
VAROUJ AIVAZIAN Professor and Chair of Economics
University of Toronto
$324,999.96
earned in 2009
MERIC GERTLER Professor of Geography and Dean, Arts & Science and Goldring Chair in Canadian Studies
University of Toronto
$290,720.90
earned in 2009
PETER LEON ROSENBAUM Professor/Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$280,038.15
earned in 2009
PAUL O'BYRNE Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$247,566.48
earned in 2009
DAVID PRICE Assistant Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$245,590.98
earned in 2009
PATRICK GULLANE Professor & Chair, Department of Otolaryngology
University of Toronto
$239,638.00
earned in 2009
MICHAEL COLLINS University Professor of Civil Engineering & Bahen-Tanenbaum Chair
University of Toronto
$235,698.06
earned in 2009
HOWARD LIPSHITZ Professor & Chair, Dept. of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
$231,066.26
earned in 2009
A. GHANI RAZAQPUR Professor/Endowed Chair/Department Chair
McMaster University
$228,605.46
earned in 2009
PETER MARTIN Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, Chair Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Toronto
$222,371.76
earned in 2009
HODA ELMARAGHY Professor; Canada Research Chair
University of Windsor
$222,074.96
earned in 2009
DOUGLAS REEVE Professor & Chair of Chemical Engineering
University of Toronto
$221,925.51
earned in 2009
DAVID CAMERON Professor and Chair of Political Science
University of Toronto
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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.