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
$174,930.68
earned in 2011
JAMES PINE County Administrator - Clerk
County of Hastings
$169,702.68
earned in 2011
FLORENCE STEWART Associate Administrator
Regional Municipality of Peel - Police Services
$164,940.71
earned in 2011
KAREN PRINE Director, Adult Ambulatory Care, Women's Reproductive Health & Newborn Care, Inpatient Medicine & Surgery, McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University Medical Center Site Administrator
Hamilton Health Sciences
$156,650.81
earned in 2011
JAMES LOPRESTI Administrator, Human Resources
Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board
$151,425.22
earned in 2011
NORMAN GEORGE HENDERSON Administrator, Fleet and Materials Management
City of Toronto - Police Service
$147,699.84
earned in 2011
LUCIE LOMBARDO Executive Director, Long Term Care/Administrator
City of Windsor
$143,122.60
earned in 2011
DANIEL BABENSEE Construction Administrator
Regional Municipality of York
$142,720.57
earned in 2011
PETER BARNES Home for the Aged Administrator
County of Wellington
$142,720.55
earned in 2011
JANICE HINDLEY Administrator, Museum & Archives/Wellington Place
County of Wellington
$141,011.78
earned in 2011
VICTORIA WOODCOX Senior Administrator Lodges
City of Hamilton
$140,975.04
earned in 2011
CAROL DOBSON Administrator-Peel Regional Police Association
Regional Municipality of Peel - Police Services
$140,815.31
earned in 2011
STEPHEN PIEKARSKI Administrator
Eastholme
$139,696.11
earned in 2011
LORRAINE L. SIU Administrator
City of Toronto
$139,090.24
earned in 2011
BRENDA LOUBERT Administrator
East Nipissing District Home for the Aged
$137,385.97
earned in 2011
SHANKAR VUYYURU Contract Engineer/Administrator
Ontario Power Generation
$137,310.08
earned in 2011
MARGARET A. AEROLA Administrator
City of Toronto
$137,040.03
earned in 2011
LEAH WALTERS Administrator
City of Toronto
$136,869.88
earned in 2011
JAY LEE Database Administrator / Administrateur de bases de données
Government Services / Services gouvernementaux
$136,686.44
earned in 2011
INGRID JOHNSTON Administrator Post Inn Village
Regional Municipality of Halton
$136,633.90
earned in 2011
BASIL TAMBAKIS Administrator
Bethany Lodge
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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.