The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure
The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.
Christopher Needles
Christopher Needles served as the Director at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in 2024, received an annual salary of $152,421.80 and a taxable benefit of $886.44, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list. Christopher has held the same position since 2022 has been receiving six-figure yearly compensation.
$153,308.24
Total paid in 2024
$152,421.80
Salary
$886.44
Taxable Benefit
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Find Christopher on LinkedIn| Job Title : | Director |
| Employer : | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research |
| Sector : | Other Public Sector Employers |
| Year : | 2024 |
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Between 2018 and 2024, Christopher experienced an average annual increase of approximately 7.40% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. By 2024, Christopher's total pay had risen by 51.61% compared to the pay in 2018. Notably, during Christopher's tenure as Director, there has been a significant 14.42% rise in compensation over the past 2 years. Additional information can be found in the chart and table presented below.
Yearly Total Paid
| Year | Job Title | Salary | Taxable Benefit | Raise |
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| 2024 | Director | $152,422 | $886 | ⇧ 3.05% |
| 2023 | Director | $147,908 | $864 | ⇧ 11.03% |
| 2022 | Director | $133,254 | $736 | ⇧ 3.59% |
| 2021 | Director, Communications | $128,699 | $643 | ⇧ 0.49% |
| 2020 | Director, Communications | $128,082 | $631 | ⇧ 21.48% |
| 2019 | Senior Manager, Communications | $105,435 | $515 | ⇧ 4.77% |
| 2018 | Senior Manager, Communications | $100,633 | $491 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 5 employees who held exactly same position title ( Director ) in the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.
| Full Name | Salary | Taxable Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle D. Brazas | $143,163 | $819 |
| Michelle Mason | $146,514 | $837 |
| Christopher Needles | $152,422 | $886 |
| Teresa Petrocelli | $170,090 | $591 |
| Julie Wilson | $188,841 | $1,093 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 16063 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 16063 employees
| Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Myers | Director | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | $573,747 |
| Joshua Basseches | Director And Chief Executive Officer | Royal Ontario Museum | $536,076 |
| Leslie Radvanyi | President And Scientific Director | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | $529,815 |
| Zulfiqar Bhutta | Co-Director, Global Child Health | The Hospital for Sick Children | $523,331 |
| James Orbinski | Professor / Director, Organized Research Unit Faculty Based | York University | $491,968 |
| Jim Clayton | Professor / Endowed Chair / Director / Program Director | York University | $476,111 |
| Cheryl Misak | Professor of Philosophy And Interim Director, Munk School of Global Affairs And Public Policy | University of Toronto | $466,938 |
| Kevin Katz | Director | North York General Hospital | $464,262 |
| David Kirsch | Director, Radiation Medicine | University Health Network | $461,705 |
| Mashalah Eshghabadi | Medical Laboratory Director | Norfolk General Hospital | $450,830 |