Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2021
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 Government and Consumer Services, including:
Top Salaries at Government and Consumer Services in the 2021 Sunshine List
2021 Ontario Sunshine List: Government and Consumer Services Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Government and Consumer Services's
1,378 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $163,766,762.78 in 2020.
At the top of the Government and Consumer Services Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Government and Consumer Services was
Deputy Minister Hillary Hartley, who brought home $339,532.38 in 2020.
Following Hillary Hartley was Deputy Minister Karen Hughes, with annual earnings of $282,821.20.Corporate Chief Information and Information Technology Officer Dafna Carr made $258,836.51,Associate Deputy Minister Heidi Francis made $242,325.46, and Associate Deputy Minister David Hallett round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $238,658.17 for the Government and Consumer Services 2021 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2020,
635 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 653 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 67 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 20 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 2 received between $250,001 and $300,000
, and 1 received over $300,000
at the Government and Consumer Services.
