Ontario Sunshine List 2023

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2022 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$184,407.87
earned in 2022
Marion Zych Director of Communications
Registered Nurses Association Of Ontario
$159,444.08
earned in 2022
Shane Vieira Director of Communications and Service Relations
Children’s Aid Society Of The Region Of Peel
$155,979.20
earned in 2022
Alexandra Fuller Director of Communications
Town Of Halton Hills
$155,508.47
earned in 2022
Meeta Gandhi Director of Communications, Customer Service, and Diversity and Inclusion
Town Of East Gwillimbury
$153,150.00
earned in 2022
Lisa Severson Director of Communications
Eastern Ontario Regional Network Inc
$148,971.12
earned in 2022
Jennifer Proulx Director of Communications
Government and Consumer Services
$145,238.41
earned in 2022
Nemone Smith Director of Communications
Indigenous Affairs
$144,316.79
earned in 2022
Jesse Robichaud Executive Director of Communications
Attorney General
$142,447.97
earned in 2022
Marc Despatie Direction, communications et relations publiques / Director of Communications, and Public Relations
Collège Boréal D’Arts Appliques Et De Technologie
$134,211.75
earned in 2022
Gillian Sloggett Director of Communications
Environment, Conservation and Parks
$131,773.32
earned in 2022
Cheri Harris Associate Director of Communications and Customer Service
City Of Barrie
$131,571.24
earned in 2022
Laurie Lashbrook Director of Communications (Ivey Business School)
University Of Western Ontario
$129,653.04
earned in 2022
Kirsten Gunter Director of Communications / Directrice des communications
Ontario Arts Council
$128,182.97
earned in 2022
Kim Willis Director of Communications and Mental Health Promotion
Canadian Mental Health Association - Windsor-Essex County Branch
$126,907.65
earned in 2022
Laurene Mae Morris Director of Communications
University Of St. Michael’s College
$126,760.89
earned in 2022
Dale Morton Director of Communications
City Of Niagara Falls
$124,941.04
earned in 2022
Brett Sweeney Director of Communications and Community Engagement / Directeur des Communications et de l’Engagement Communautaire
Children’s Aid Society Of The Niagara Region
$124,572.24
earned in 2022
Dylan Moore Director of Communications
Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
$124,368.27
earned in 2022
Colin Hunter Director of Communications
Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics
$122,356.40
earned in 2022
Jane Antoniak Director of Communications and Media Relations
King’s University College
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Published March 2023

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2023

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:

2023 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 266,892 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $33,345,514,098.33 in 2022.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Hartwick, who brought home $1,726,068.02 in 2022.

Following Kenneth Hartwick was Chief Strategy Officer Dominique Miniere, with annual earnings of $1,694,538.28. Chief Projects Officer Michael Martelli made $968,710.30, President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction Phil Verster made $856,551.90, and President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Smith round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $844,992.49 for the Ontario 2023 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2022, 120,253 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 109,320 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 26,704 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 7,150 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,685 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 1,781 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 120,253 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 109,320 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 26,704 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 7,150 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,685 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 1,781 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2023 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2023 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2023 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.