Ontario Sunshine List 2011

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2010 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$366,000.80
earned in 2010
HELEN (ELLA) FERRIS Executive Vice President, Programs & Chief Nursing Officer
St. Michael's Hospital
$259,357.81
earned in 2010
PATTI A. COCHRANE Vice President, Patient Services & Quality/Chief Nursing Officer
Trillium Health Centre
$238,080.66
earned in 2010
DR. JOY RICHARDS Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
The Scarborough Hospital
$224,910.40
earned in 2010
MARLA FRYERS Vice President, Programs/Chief Nursing Officer
Toronto East General Hospital
$206,000.09
earned in 2010
MARGARET CZAUS Chief Nursing Officer
Humber River Regional Hospital
$205,864.49
earned in 2010
PATRICIA G. SOMERS Senior Vice President of Operations/Chief Nursing Officer
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital
$204,637.25
earned in 2010
DAVID MCNEIL Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital
$200,898.99
earned in 2010
SUSAN ROBERTSON Vice-President/Chief Nursing Officer
Grand River Hospital
$200,001.88
earned in 2010
SHEILA G. HAMILTON Vice-President/Chief Nursing Officer
Peterborough Regional Health Centre
$188,961.95
earned in 2010
CAROL HALT Chief Nursing Officer
Timmins & District Hospital
$187,172.10
earned in 2010
PATRICIA ELLIOTT-MILLER Vice President Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
$181,407.86
earned in 2010
ANNETTE JONES Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Southlake Regional Health Centre
$168,569.71
earned in 2010
CAROLYN BERGERON Vice President, Clinical Services/Chief Nursing Officer
Hotel Dieu Shaver Health & Rehabilitation Centre
$168,019.86
earned in 2010
RHONDA GALBRAITH Vice President, Patient Programs/Chief Nursing Officer
St. John's Rehab Hospital
$161,148.00
earned in 2010
KAREN BARTLETT Vice President, Patient Care/Chief Nursing Officer
Woodstock General Hospital
$156,610.02
earned in 2010
LORI MAKI Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc.
$155,780.07
earned in 2010
PENNY ANGUISH Vice President, Complex Care/ Physical Rehabilitation/ Chief Nursing Officer
St. Joseph's Care Group, Thunder Bay
$151,746.09
earned in 2010
JOSÉE BELKE Senior Vice President, Hospital Programs/Chief Nursing Officer
Soins continus Bruyère Continuing Care
$150,421.61
earned in 2010
BEVERLEY MCFARLANE Senior Director Patient Care/Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare
$146,425.61
earned in 2010
SYLVIA J. ROGERS Chief Nursing Officer/Professional Practice Leader
Halton Healthcare Services
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Published March 2011

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2011

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:

2011 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 71,684 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $9,167,551,394.96 in 2010.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, who brought home $1,325,119.04 in 2010.

Following THOMAS MITCHELL was President and Vice Chancellor DAVID L. JOHNSTON, with annual earnings of $1,041,880.82. President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $953,844.04, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Refurbishment, Projects & Support WILLIAM ROBINSON made $863,833.88, and President & Chief Executive Officer ROBERT S. BELL round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $753,992.40 for the Ontario 2011 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2010, 25,840 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 34,663 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8,171 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,467 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 917 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 626 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 25,840 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 34,663 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8,171 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,467 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 917 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 626 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2011 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2011 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2011 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.