Ontario Sunshine List 2012

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2011 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$213,844.14
earned in 2011
AARON BURRY General Manager, Community & Social Services
City of Ottawa
$189,824.46
earned in 2011
ALAIN MERCIER General Manager, Transit Services
City of Ottawa
$116,286.37
earned in 2011
ALISON STERLING General Manager / Directrice générale
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$156,614.80
earned in 2011
AMEDEO BERNARDI Vice President & General Manager, Ontera / Vice-président et directeur général, Ontera
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission / Commission de transport Ontario Northland
$136,066.56
earned in 2011
ANDREW TAYLOR General Manager, Public Health Services
County of Lambton
$174,179.00
earned in 2011
ARLENE CAMPBELL General Manager of Sales and Event Management
City of Toronto - Board of Governors of Exhibition Place
$120,376.39
earned in 2011
BARBARA POWELL General Manager, Community Engagement & Social Services Liaison
City of Guelph
$118,454.09
earned in 2011
BEN J. CHARTIER Transit - Deputy General Manager
Regional Municipality of Durham
$148,298.06
earned in 2011
BRAMWELL HUNT General Manager, Community Programs & Infrastructure
Town of East Gwillimbury
$112,666.06
earned in 2011
BRIAN KEMP General Manager, Conservation Lands
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
$131,165.82
earned in 2011
BRUCE CAMPBELL General Manager
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
$139,677.36
earned in 2011
CAMERON RAPP General Manager, Development Services
City of Waterloo
$142,419.83
earned in 2011
CAROL POLLARD General Manager - Finance & Corp Service
City of Thunder Bay
$185,546.06
earned in 2011
CATHERINE MATHESON General Manager, Community Development
City of Greater Sudbury
$109,984.85
earned in 2011
CHARLES EDISON General Manager, Operations - Durham / Administrateur général, entrepôt de Durham
Liquor Control Board of Ontario / Régie des alcools de l'Ontario
$112,949.59
earned in 2011
CHARLOTTE HODGSON General Manager / Directrice générale
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$118,453.41
earned in 2011
CHRISTINA MACMILLAN General Manager / Directrice générale
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$112,834.82
earned in 2011
CHRISTOPHER WOOD General Manager, Region of Waterloo International Airport
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
$143,946.32
earned in 2011
CHRISTOPHER DOYLE General Manager, Long Term Care
County of Lambton
$107,203.59
earned in 2011
CHRISTOPHER BAGLEY General Manager, Black Creek Pioneer Village
Toronto & Region Conservation Authority
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Published March 2012

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2012

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:

2012 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 79,712 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $10,168,099,874.95 in 2011.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, who brought home $1,824,000.04 in 2011.

Following THOMAS MITCHELL was President & Chief Executive Officer CLIFFORD NORDAL, with annual earnings of $1,454,257.75. Executive Vice President, Business Transformation Project WILLIAM ROBINSON made $972,641.88, President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $961,963.00, and Chief Nuclear Officer WAYNE ROBBINS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $893,527.24 for the Ontario 2012 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2011, 29,082 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 38,379 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8,949 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,603 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,073 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 626 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 29,082 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 38,379 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8,949 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,603 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,073 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 2012 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2012 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2012 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.