Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2024
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 Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme, including:
Top Salaries at Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme in the 2024 Sunshine List
Director, Ontario Honours and Awards / Directrice, distinctions et prix de l’Ontario
$166,355.78
2024 Ontario Sunshine List: Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme's
61 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $7,558,153.53 in 2023.
At the top of the Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme was
Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Keith Palmer, who brought home $219,620.63 in 2023.
Following Keith Palmer was Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship, Inclusion and Heritage / Sous-ministre adjointe, Affaires civiques, inclusion et patrimoine Michelle Gittens, with annual earnings of $198,532.46.Director, Programs and Services / Directeur, programmes et services Gavin Downing made $179,222.16,Assistant Deputy Minister, Anti-Racism Directorate / Sous-ministre adjoint, Direction générale de l’action contre le racisme Parminder Bhatthal made $171,568.12, and Director, Ontario Honours and Awards / Directrice, distinctions et prix de l’Ontario Jennifer Lang round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $166,355.78 for the Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme 2024 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2023,
18 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 36 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 6 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000
at the Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme.