Ontario Sunshine List 2016

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2015 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$203,865.79
earned in 2015
Barbara Mackinnon Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Children's Aid Society of Ottawa
$198,677.79
earned in 2015
Dianne Carter Executive Director / Directrice générale
Ontario Human Rights Commission
$175,118.00
earned in 2015
Susan Adams Tribunal Executive Director / Directrice générale du Tribunal
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
$173,142.76
earned in 2015
Rachel Daigneault Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Children's Aid Society of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry
$159,502.46
earned in 2015
Claire Fainer Executive Director / Directrice générale
East Metro Youth Services
$157,232.27
earned in 2015
Hélène Fournier Executive Director / Directrice générale
Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell
$154,499.79
earned in 2015
Bonnie Ruest Executive Director / Directrice générale
Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph of Cornwall, Ontario
$146,198.00
earned in 2015
Estella Cohen Executive Director / Directrice générale
Information & Privacy Commissioner
$145,563.32
earned in 2015
Sherry Parsley Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Community Living Hamilton / Intégration Communautaire Hamilton
$139,490.79
earned in 2015
Joanne Lowe Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse d'Ottawa
$128,246.00
earned in 2015
Kathryn Ann Hill Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Family Services à la famille Ottawa
$124,848.06
earned in 2015
Nuzhat Jafri Executive Director / Directrice générale
Office of the Fairness Commissioner
$124,586.33
earned in 2015
Heather Lumley Executive Director / Directrice générale
St. Leonard's Society of London
$124,414.17
earned in 2015
Renée Ladouceur-Beauchamp Executive Director / Directrice générale
Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre / Centre des ressources de l'Est D'Ottawa
$122,474.00
earned in 2015
Linda Dugas Executive Director / Directrice générale
Child and Family Centre, Centre de l'enfant et de la famille, Ngodweaangizwin aaskaagewin
$116,830.62
earned in 2015
Mary Davis Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Nipissing Mental Health Housing and Support Services / Services de logement et de soutien en santé mentale de Nipissing
$110,991.35
earned in 2015
Joanne Johnston Executive Director / Directrice générale
WAYS Mental Health Support / WAYS soutien en santé mentale
$110,986.40
earned in 2015
Debbie Douglas Executive Director / Directrice générale
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
$110,832.73
earned in 2015
Anna Lacelle Executive Director / Directrice générale
Service Coordination for Persons with Special Needs / Coordination des Services pour personnes ayant des desoins spéciaux
$110,384.68
earned in 2015
Mila Wong Executive Director / Directrice Générale
Sudbury Developmental Services/Services pour handicaps de développement de Sudbury
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Published March 2016

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2016

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:

2016 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 115,912 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $14,728,930,954.33 in 2015.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was Chief Executive Officer Designate Thomas Mitchell, who brought home $1,528,933.36 in 2015.

Following Thomas Mitchell was President And Chief Executive Officer, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation William Moriarty, with annual earnings of $1,473,445.98. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / Vice-présidente principale et directrice des finances Barbara Gail Anderson made $844,745.92, Executive Vice President Operations, Sport and Venue Management / Vice-président directeur, Opérations, sports et gestion des sites Allen K. Vansen made $802,079.83, and Nuclear President & Chief Nuclear Officer Glenn Jager round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $793,359.07 for the Ontario 2016 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2015, 44,048 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 54,153 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 12,623 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3,112 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,072 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 904 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 44,048 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 54,153 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 12,623 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 3,112 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,072 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 904 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2016 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2016 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2016 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.