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
$481,414.41
earned in 2011
GURPREET DHINDSA Executive Vice President Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer / Vice-président directeur, dirigeant principal, Administration et Finances
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$453,645.73
earned in 2011
THOMAS MARINELLI Executive Vice President Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Information Officer / Vice-président directeur, dirigeant principal, Transformation et Information
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$399,754.47
earned in 2011
DUNCAN WEBB Senior Vice President Finance and Technology / Vice-président principal, Finances et technologie
Ontario Pension Board / Commission du Régime de retraite de l'Ontario
$382,400.00
earned in 2011
DANIEL R. WOOLF Principal, the Principal's Office
Queen's University
$378,314.48
earned in 2011
PETER SHENA Senior Vice President Pensions and Stakeholder Relations / Vice-président principal, Rentes et relations avec les intervenants
Ontario Pension Board / Commission du Régime de retraite de l'Ontario
$378,173.78
earned in 2011
R. PAUL EDMONDS Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs and General Counsel / Vice-président principal, Affaires générales et chef du contentieux
Ontario Pension Board / Commission du Régime de retraite de l'Ontario
$319,500.25
earned in 2011
DR. JANE SIRBOVAN Senior Associate Pathologist / Pathologiste associé(e) principal(e)
The Scarborough Hospital / L'Hôpital de Scarborough
$319,500.25
earned in 2011
DR. COREY WEIGENSBERG Senior Associate Pathologist / Pathologiste associé(e) principal(e)
The Scarborough Hospital / L'Hôpital de Scarborough
$316,795.23
earned in 2011
DR. SYED T. H. ABEDI Senior Associate Pathologist / Pathologiste associé(e) principal(e)
The Scarborough Hospital / L'Hôpital de Scarborough
$316,793.53
earned in 2011
DR. SAIRA ANSARI Senior Associate Pathologist / Pathologiste associé(e) principal(e)
The Scarborough Hospital / L'Hôpital de Scarborough
$309,055.44
earned in 2011
FRANCO VACCARINO Professor of Psychology; Vice President and Principal University of Toronto at Scarborough
University of Toronto
$294,988.02
earned in 2011
ROBERT MOORE Senior Vice President Marketing Communications and Stakeholder Relations / Vice-président principal, Marketing, Communications et Relations avec les partenaires
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$293,300.26
earned in 2011
SUSAN KWOLEK Senior Director Vice President Patient Care/Directeur principal, vice-président, Soins aux patients
The Credit Valley Hospital & Trillium Health Centre
$292,382.96
earned in 2011
LARRY FLYNN Senior Vice President Gaming / Vice-président principal, Jeu
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$286,172.36
earned in 2011
DAVID EDEN Regional Supervising Coroner / Coroner régional principal
Comm. Safety & Corr. Services / Sécurité com. et Services corr.
$281,098.38
earned in 2011
HARGURDEEP SAINI Vice President and Principal, University of Toronto, Mississauga and Professor of Biology
University of Toronto
$278,153.93
earned in 2011
VAS GEORGIOU Chief Administrative Officer / Agent administratif principal
Ontario Infrastructure & Lands Corporation / Société ontarienne des infrastructures et de l'immobilier
$278,012.13
earned in 2011
WALTER FIORAVANTI Senior Vice President Legal Regulatory Compliance General Counsel Corporate Secretary / Vice-président principal, Affaires juridiques, Réglementation, Conformité, Contentieux et Secrétariat général
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$274,833.01
earned in 2011
GREGORY MCKENZIE Senior Vice President Lottery / Vice-président principal, Loteries
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l'Ontario
$274,599.00
earned in 2011
JEREMY GRIMSHAW Senior Research Scientist / Scientifique principal
The Ottawa Hospital / L'Hopital d'Ottawa
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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.