Agriculture & Food

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2005

Salary Name Position
$110,179.51
earned in 2004 		GWEN MCBRIDE Director, Livestock Technology
Agriculture & Food
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Published March 2005

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2005

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 Agriculture & Food, including:

  • Top Salaries at Agriculture & Food in the 2005 Sunshine List
  • KIRK SMITH
    Director, Communications Branch
    $199,783.51
  • FRANK INGRATTA
    Deputy Minister
    $186,509.44
  • BRUCE ARCHIBALD
    ADM, Policy & Farm Finance Division
    $165,563.89
  • DEBORAH STARK
    ADM, Agriculture & Rural Division
    $142,012.26
  • DONALD TAYLOR
    ADM, Research & Corporate Services
    $142,012.26

2005 Ontario Sunshine List: Agriculture & Food Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Agriculture & Food's 26 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $3,195,421.19 in 2004.

At the top of the Agriculture & Food Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Agriculture & Food was Director, Communications Branch KIRK SMITH, who brought home $199,783.51 in 2004.

Following KIRK SMITH was Deputy Minister FRANK INGRATTA, with annual earnings of $186,509.44. ADM, Policy & Farm Finance Division BRUCE ARCHIBALD made $165,563.89, ADM, Agriculture & Rural Division DEBORAH STARK made $142,012.26, and ADM, Research & Corporate Services DONALD TAYLOR round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $142,012.26 for the Agriculture & Food 2005 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2004, 9 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 14 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 3 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Agriculture & Food.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 9 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 14 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 3 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2005 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2005 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2005 Employers List.