Ontario Sunshine List 2019

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2018 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$524,182.51
earned in 2018
Neil Turok Director
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
$516,881.68
earned in 2018
Richard Reznick Dean, Director (School of Medicine), Professor
Queen's University
$516,308.56
earned in 2018
Joshua Basseches Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général
Royal Ontario Museum
$462,746.18
earned in 2018
Rima Al-Awar Director and Senior Scientist
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
$456,164.80
earned in 2018
Maria Gospodarowicz Director, Radiation Medicine
University Health Network
$455,162.57
earned in 2018
Elspeth Murray Associate Dean (Master of Business Administration Programs and Master of Management Programs), Director (Queen's Centre for Business Venturing), Associate Professor
Queen's University
$452,168.32
earned in 2018
David Saunders Dean (Smith School of Business), Director, Professor
Queen's University
$450,000.00
earned in 2018
Tom Mikkelsen President and Scientific Director/Président et directeur scientifique
Ontario Brain Institute
$448,737.71
earned in 2018
Michael Manning Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
Ontario Financing Authority
$440,739.18
earned in 2018
James Woodgett Director of Research
Sinai Health System
$438,849.88
earned in 2018
Yuri Levin Executive Director (Analytics), Director (Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics), Professor, Smith Chair
Queen's University
$437,179.20
earned in 2018
Fei-Fei Liu Director, Radiation Medicine
University Health Network
$434,112.90
earned in 2018
Stephen Lye Director, Alliance for Human Development
Sinai Health System
$430,747.76
earned in 2018
Leslie Byberg Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer / Directrice générale et chef des services administratifs
Ontario Securities Commission
$420,052.50
earned in 2018
Mashalah Eshghabadi Medical Laboratory Director
Norfolk General Hospital
$406,351.36
earned in 2018
Johnathan M. Bartlett Director and Senior Scientist
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
$403,330.39
earned in 2018
Janet Dancey Director, Professor, Eisenhauer Chair (Clinical Cancer Research)
Queen's University
$402,288.48
earned in 2018
Manfred Schneider Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, and Associate Director, Master of Forensic Accounting, Department of Management
University of Toronto
$399,099.96
earned in 2018
David Walker Executive Director and Associate Dean, Professor
Queen's University
$398,843.67
earned in 2018
Kullervo Hynynen Director
Sunnybrook Research Institute
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Published March 2019

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

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:

2019 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 151,375 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $19,259,374,476.75 in 2018.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Lyash, who brought home $1,746,824.96 in 2018.

Following Jeffrey Lyash was President and Chief Investment Officer, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation Daren Smith, with annual earnings of $989,308.00. Nuclear President and Chief Nuclear Officer Glenn Jager made $962,749.44, President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction Mark Fuller made $803,552.16, and Former President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Apkon round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $792,571.78 for the Ontario 2019 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2018, 56,779 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 71,154 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 16,836 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4,243 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,374 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 989 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 56,779 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 71,154 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 16,836 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 4,243 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,374 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 989 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2019 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2019 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.