Ontario Sunshine List 2012

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2011 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$233,123.97
earned in 2011
ALAN BELAICHE General Counsel
St. Michael's Hospital
$184,173.27
earned in 2011
ALI GHIASSI Vice President, General Counsel, Public Affairs
Mohawk College
$196,603.54
earned in 2011
ANTHONY BROWN General Counsel
Toronto District School Board
$237,070.40
earned in 2011
BELLA MARTIN Chief Risk Officer And General Counsel
University Health Network
$205,049.89
earned in 2011
BRENDA E. ABRAMS General Counsel and Vice President Compliance Services and Corporate Secretary / Avocate générale et vice-présidente, Services de conformité et secrétaire général
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board / Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail
$166,584.63
earned in 2011
BRIAN LECK General Counsel
City of Toronto - Toronto Transit Commission
$239,940.05
earned in 2011
CARLTON MATHIAS Assistant General Counsel
Ontario Power Generation
$116,418.67
earned in 2011
CHRIS WALLACE Assistant General Counsel/Assistant conseiller juridique
Canadian Red Cross
$167,764.40
earned in 2011
CINDY TROWER General Counsel/Manager, Central Client Services Unit / Avocate générale / chef, Unité des services centraux à la clientèle
Office of the Worker Adviser / Bureau des conseillers des travailleurs
$192,770.96
earned in 2011
DANIEL REVINGTON Tribunal General Counsel / Avocat général du Tribunal
Workplace Safety & Insurance Appeals Tribunal / Tribunal d'appel de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail
$548,900.04
earned in 2011
DAVID BRENNAN Senior Vice President, Law & General Counsel
Ontario Power Generation
$207,755.50
earned in 2011
DAVID GOODIS Director, Legal Services & General Counsel / Directeur, Services juridiques et avocat général
Information & Privacy Commissioner / Commissaire à l'information et à la protection de la vie privée
$135,634.77
earned in 2011
DAVID ROUNTHWAITE General Counsel & Corporate Secretary / Avocat général et secrétaire général
eHealth Ontario / cyberSanté Ontario
$210,282.60
earned in 2011
DENNIS BROWN General Counsel / Avocat général
Attorney General / Procureur général
$212,672.73
earned in 2011
DERMOT MUIR General Counsel and Corporate Secretary / Avocat-conseil et secrétaire général
Ontario Infrastructure & Lands Corporation / Société ontarienne des infrastructures et de l'immobilier
$240,868.89
earned in 2011
DICKSON HARKNESS Assistant General Counsel
Ontario Power Generation
$235,836.36
earned in 2011
DONALD BOURGEOIS General Counsel and Director / Avocat général et directeur
Alcohol & Gaming Commission of Ontario / Commission des alcools et des jeux de l'Ontario
$151,772.27
earned in 2011
EVE BERCOVITCH Associate General Counsel / Avocate générale associée
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board / Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail
$247,786.77
earned in 2011
HARRIET LEWIS University Secretary & General Counsel
York University
$175,849.48
earned in 2011
HOWIE WONG General Counsel - Corporate
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Published March 2012

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2012

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:

2012 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 79,712 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $10,168,099,874.95 in 2011.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, who brought home $1,824,000.04 in 2011.

Following THOMAS MITCHELL was President & Chief Executive Officer CLIFFORD NORDAL, with annual earnings of $1,454,257.75. Executive Vice President, Business Transformation Project WILLIAM ROBINSON made $972,641.88, President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA made $961,963.00, and Chief Nuclear Officer WAYNE ROBBINS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $893,527.24 for the Ontario 2012 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2011, 29,082 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 38,379 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 8,949 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,603 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,073 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 626 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 29,082 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 38,379 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8,949 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,603 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,073 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 626 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2012 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2012 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2012 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.