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.

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In Ontario's 2023 Sunshine List, there were 1749 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $151,159.27

$151,159.27

Average Salary in 2023

$131,819.04

Median Salary in 2023

Male
45.39% 
Male
Female
54.61%
Female
1749 employees (Chair)
1 1749
Low: $100K Median: $132K High: $525K

Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range.

1,431 employees received a salary between $100,000 - $206,261
284 employees received a salary between $206,261 - $312,522
31 employees received a salary between $312,522 - $418,782
3 employees received a salary between $418,782 - $525,043

Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.

What were the average and median salaries for a Chair listed in the 2023 Ontario Government Sunshine List?

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Chair are $151,159.27 and $131,819.04, respectively.

What is the highest salary for a Chair in a public organization in Ontario?

In 2023, Meredith Irwin, holding the position of Paediatrician-In-Chief SickKids And Chair Paediatrics, University of Toronto at the The Hospital for Sick Children received the highest salary of $525,043.20 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Katalin Toth, serving as the Chair at University of Ottawa , earned the highest salary of $266,896.80 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

What are the top 5 public organizations in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Chair?

In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Chair and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: The Hospital for Sick Children with an average pay of $525,043.20; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health with an average pay of $310,431.99; Regional Municipality of York with an average pay of $259,877.21; University of Toronto with an average pay of $240,281.14; and Regional Municipality of Durham with an average pay of $231,731.71.

A total of 86 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What are the top 3 public sectors in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Chair?

In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Chair and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Hospitals and Boards of Public Health with an average pay of $224,488.48; Universities with an average pay of $207,097.68; and Municipalities and Services with an average pay of $184,633.17.

There were 10 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What is the representation of gender diversity for Chair in Ontario?

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Chair is 45.39% male and 54.61% female, respectively.

The 2023 Sunshine List has 1749 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 1749 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Meredith Irwin Paediatrician-In-Chief SickKids And Chair Paediatrics, University of Toronto The Hospital for Sick Children $525,043
Jim Clayton Professor / Endowed Chair / Director / Program Director / Course Director York University $459,018
Lilian Ng Professor / Endowed Chair York University $421,488
Russell Belk Professor / Endowed Chair York University $408,765
Steven Hoffman Professor / Senior Advisor / Advisor / Endowed Chair York University $407,692
Paul Brumer University Professor of Chemistry And Roel Buck-Weizmann Chair Chemical Physics University of Toronto $406,273
Kee-hong Bae Professor / Endowed Chair York University $401,412
Danielle Martin Professor And Chair, Family And Community Medicine University of Toronto $394,077
Matthias Kipping Professor / Endowed Chair / Academic Director York University $383,473
Theodore Noseworthy Associate Dean / Professor / Canada Research Chair / Endowed Chair York University $381,332

Yearly Average Paid

Year Total Employee Count Average Paid
20231,749$151,159
20221,662$145,258
20211,636$146,970
20201,539$145,567
20191,640$140,825
20181,535$145,028
20171,204$153,288
20161,110$153,935
20151,404$143,582
2014988$154,763
20131,018$152,232
2012997$148,029
2011846$149,982
2010773$148,778
2009699$146,393
2008630$144,506
2007539$142,288
2006429$139,335
2005347$138,639
2004302$137,066
2003300$136,539
2002232$131,584
2001212$132,646