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
$115,363.14
earned in 2011
BARB DESJARDINS Vice President, Corporate Services
St. Joseph's Health Centre of Sudbury
$203,839.66
earned in 2011
BEN SYBRING Vice President, Corporate Services
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
$118,928.67
earned in 2011
CINDY GASPARINI Vice President, Corporate Services /Chief Financial Officer
Lake of the Woods District Hospital
$150,627.00
earned in 2011
COLIN SUTHERLAND Vice President, Corporate Services/Vice-présidente, Services généraux
Central Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accès aux soins communautaires du Centre
$243,955.26
earned in 2011
DALE MCGREGOR Executive Vice President, Corporate Services & Chief Financial Officer
St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
$216,020.64
earned in 2011
DANIEL GERMAIN Vice President, Corporate Services & Chief Financial Officer / Vice-président des services généraux et directeur des finances
Windsor Regional Hospital / Hôpital régional de Windsor
$148,730.67
earned in 2011
DARLENE M. ARSENEAU Vice President, Corporate Services & Chief Financial Officer /vice-président des Services généraux et chef de la direction financière
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Community Care Access Centre/ Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant centre communautaire d'accès aux soins
$119,693.60
earned in 2011
DEAN WILSON Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
$330,491.24
earned in 2011
DEVENDRA CHOPRA Executive Vice President, Corporate Services / Vice-président à la direction, Services de gestion
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health / Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale
$171,909.50
earned in 2011
DOUG MOYNIHAN Vice President, Corporate Services
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
$205,688.77
earned in 2011
EUGENE HARRIGAN Vice President, Corporate Services
George Brown College
$136,360.75
earned in 2011
GRANT TROOP Vice President, Corporate Services & Operations/Chief Operating Officer / Vice-président, services et activités ministériels et directeur général des opérations
Ontario Science Centre / Centre des sciences de l'Ontario
$135,593.59
earned in 2011
INGRID SUURMANN Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
St. Mary's General Hospital
$196,580.49
earned in 2011
JAY COOPER Vice President, Corporate Services / Chief Financial Officer
West Park Healthcare Centre
$476,013.64
earned in 2011
JIM GARNER Executive Vice President, Corporate Services
The Hospital for Sick Children
$138,284.37
earned in 2011
JIM S. WRIGHT Vice President, Corporate Services/ Vice-Président, Services Generaux
Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre / Centre d'accès aux soins communautaires de Mississauga Halton
$225,000.10
earned in 2011
JOHN MOORE Senior Vice President, Corporate Services / Vice-président principal, services internes
eHealth Ontario / cyberSanté Ontario
$214,259.50
earned in 2011
JOHN F. COUGHLIN Senior Vice President, Corporate Services
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital
$141,621.28
earned in 2011
JULIA BOUDREAU Vice President, Corporate Services
Renfrew Victoria Hospital
$177,164.09
earned in 2011
KATHLEEN FYFE Vice President, Corporate Services / Vice-présidente, Service généraux et chef des finances
North Bay Regional Health Centre
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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.