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 Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités, including:
Top Salaries at Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités in the 2024 Sunshine List
Director, Postsecondary Education Policy / Directrice, Direction des politiques pour l'éducation postsecondaire
$181,133.48
2024 Ontario Sunshine List: Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités's
148 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $18,234,411.56 in 2023.
At the top of the Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités was
Assistant Deputy Minister, Postsecondary Education Division / Sous-ministre adjointe, Division de l'éducation postsecondaire Kelly Shields, who brought home $319,170.12 in 2023.
Following Kelly Shields was Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre David S-M Wai, with annual earnings of $268,480.42.Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division / Sous-ministre adjoint, Division des opérations Jeff Butler made $212,774.80,Director, Private Career Colleges Branch / Directeur, Direction des collèges privés d’enseignement professionnel Charlotte Smaglinski made $185,959.30, and Director, Postsecondary Education Policy / Directrice, Direction des politiques pour l'éducation postsecondaire Patricia Buckley round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $181,133.48 for the Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités 2024 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2023,
34 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 100 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 11 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000
, and 1 received over $300,000
at the Colleges and Universities / Collèges et Universités.
