Ontario Sunshine List 2009

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2008 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$123,925.56
earned in 2008
ADRIANNA TETLEY Executive Director
Association of Ontario Health Centres
$105,900.54
earned in 2008
AILENE WITTSTEIN Executive Director
Merrymount Children's Centre
$125,976.46
earned in 2008
AIME DIMATTEO Executive Director
Northern Development & Mines
$148,549.23
earned in 2008
ALBERT GRUNDNER Executive Director, Malden Park & Continuing Care
Windsor Regional Hospital
$131,305.08
earned in 2008
ALBERT MORELAND Executive Director
Community Living St. Catharines
$121,305.60
earned in 2008
ALEXANDER GREER Executive Director
Ontario Mental Health Foundation
$175,271.69
earned in 2008
ALEXANDRA AGUZZI-BARBAGLI Executive Director, Government & Stakeholder Relations
Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation
$130,000.00
earned in 2008
ALEX MUNTER Executive Director
Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa
$112,831.83
earned in 2008
ALLAN HOGAN Executive Director
Family, Youth & Child Services of Muskoka
$138,292.38
earned in 2008
ALLISON POND Executive Director
Access. Comm. Coun./Employment Srvcs. For New Cdns.
$108,450.00
earned in 2008
ALMERINDA REBELO Executive Director
The Four Villages Community Health Centre
$116,081.93
earned in 2008
AMY GO Executive Director
Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care
$122,507.81
earned in 2008
ANDREA COHEN Executive Director
New Heights Community Health Centres
$120,358.51
earned in 2008
ANDREA SLANE Executive Director, Centre for Innovation
University of Toronto
$109,953.32
earned in 2008
ANDRE KUZMICKI Executive Director, Program in Real Property
York University
$131,911.34
earned in 2008
ANDREW BOWERBANK Executive Director, World Green Building Council Secretariat
Toronto & Region Conservation Authority
$134,000.00
earned in 2008
ANDREW KOSTER Executive Director
Children's Aid Society of Brant
$181,046.76
earned in 2008
ANDREW LYALL Directeur exécutif/Executive Director
University of Ottawa
$172,563.07
earned in 2008
ANDREW SHAW Executive Director
Canadian Blood Services
$202,899.50
earned in 2008
ANDREW TEICHMAN Executive Director, Investments
Ontario Power Generation
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Published March 2009

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

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:

2009 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 53,816 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $6,933,718,638.81 in 2008.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President/Chief Executive Officer JAMES F HANKINSON, who brought home $2,475,800.04 in 2008.

Following JAMES F HANKINSON was President/Chief Executive Officer, OMERS MICHAEL NOBREGA, with annual earnings of $1,926,357.70. Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer PIERRE R CHARLEBOIS made $1,460,070.86, President/Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $924,436.94, and Chief Nuclear Officer THOMAS MITCHELL round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $924,084.96 for the Ontario 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 20,563 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 24,658 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 6,050 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,242 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 695 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 608 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 20,563 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 24,658 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 6,050 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,242 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 695 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 608 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2009 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2009 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2009 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.