Ontario Sunshine List 2013

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2012 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$106,613.99
earned in 2012
BARBARA TUER Senior Counsel
Children's Aid Society of Huron–Perth
$135,188.27
earned in 2012
CAROLINE JAGEMAN Senior Counsel
Ontario Power Authority
$190,760.03
earned in 2012
CLARA GRECO Senior Counsel
Ontario Power Generation
$210,282.60
earned in 2012
DANIEL GOLDBERG Senior Counsel
Attorney General
$178,858.29
earned in 2012
DANIEL KUZMYK Senior Counsel
Regional Municipality of York
$125,075.11
earned in 2012
DAN WILTSHIRE Senior Counsel
Highland Shores Children's Aid Society
$161,191.28
earned in 2012
DEAN HORNER Senior Counsel
Regional Municipality of York
$199,726.23
earned in 2012
DIANA HUNT Senior Counsel, Special Project
Attorney General
$133,916.52
earned in 2012
DIANNE CALDWELL Senior Counsel, Property Rights
Attorney General
$122,334.20
earned in 2012
DONNA GRAY Senior Counsel Manager
Children's Aid Society of Toronto
$161,942.30
earned in 2012
ELIZABETH WILSON Senior Counsel
Regional Municipality of York
$200,044.66
earned in 2012
ELVIRA D'AMBROSIO Senior Counsel
Alcohol & Gaming Commission of Ontario
$149,253.57
earned in 2012
GABRIEL SZOBEL Senior Counsel
Regional Municipality of York
$160,815.33
earned in 2012
HANS SAAMEN Senior Counsel - Prosecutions
Regional Municipality of York
$172,729.90
earned in 2012
HELEN DANIEL Senior Counsel
Ontario Power Generation
$107,336.31
earned in 2012
JAMES WOOD Senior Counsel/Conseiller Juridique Senior
Children's Aid Society of Hamilton / Société de l’aide à l’enfance de Hamilton
$161,942.31
earned in 2012
JANIS INGRAM Senior Counsel
Regional Municipality of York
$161,191.32
earned in 2012
JERRY PAGLIA Senior Counsel
Regional Municipality of York
$179,701.93
earned in 2012
JOANNA ROSSET Senior Counsel, Legal Services
Ontario Energy Board
$114,267.00
earned in 2012
JO–ANN L. SEAMON Senior Counsel / Manager, Legal Services
Human Rights Legal Support Centre
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Published March 2013

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2013

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:

2013 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 88,542 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $11,290,697,119.59 in 2012.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was President & Chief Executive Officer THOMAS MITCHELL, who brought home $1,720,000.04 in 2012.

Following THOMAS MITCHELL was President & Chief Executive Officer LAURA FORMUSA, with annual earnings of $1,036,740.38. Chief Nuclear Officer WAYNE ROBBINS made $935,236.43, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Projects ALBERT SWEETNAM made $843,095.00, and President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation WILLIAM MORIARTY round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $773,830.00 for the Ontario 2013 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2012, 32,903 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 42,148 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 9,921 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,750 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 952 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 868 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 32,903 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 42,148 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 9,921 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1,750 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 952 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 868 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2013 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2013 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.