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Ontario Sunshine List 2002

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2001 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$178,033.66
earned in 2001 		KEN ANDERSON Director, Corporate Services
Legislative Assembly
$109,016.54
earned in 2001 		MARYSIA CHMIEL Director, Corporate Services
Cabinet Office
$180,940.14
earned in 2001 		MARY SPENCER Director, Corporate Services
Ontario Securities Commission
$152,294.41
earned in 2001 		PETER HUNDECK Director, Corporate Services
Alcohol & Gaming Commission
$138,533.82
earned in 2001 		RICHARD TAYLOR Deputy Director, Corporate Services
Alcohol & Gaming Commission
$107,075.66
earned in 2001 		ROBERT CAPPADOCIA Director, Corporate Services
Ontario Energy Board
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Published March 2002

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2002

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:

2002 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 13,034 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,684,844,743.08 in 2001.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & CEO RONALD W. OSBORNE, who brought home $1,874,102.86 in 2001.

Following RONALD W. OSBORNE was President & CEO, Hydro One ELEANOR CLITHEROE, with annual earnings of $1,622,228.01. EVP, Chief Nuclear Officer EUGENE PRESTON made $1,590,206.49, Chief Operating Officer GRAHAM A. BROWN made $808,333.60, and Exce. VP, Planning & Development ROD TAYLOR round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $799,990.60 for the Ontario 2002 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2001, 4,742 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 5,925 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1,844 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 320 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 85 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 118 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 4,742 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 5,925 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 1,844 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 320 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 85 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 118 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2002 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2002 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2002 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.