Chief Medical Officer

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Chief Medical Officer are $292,888.52 and $315,615.65, respectively.

In 2023, Jane Philpott, holding the position of Dean, Chief Executive Officer (Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization), Professor at the Queen’s University received the highest salary of $546,325.35 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Bruce Sawadsky, serving as the Chief Medical Officer at Ornge , earned the highest salary of $315,615.65 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Chief Medical Officer and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Queen’s University with an average pay of $546,325.35; Unity Health Toronto with an average pay of $543,947.24; The Hospital for Sick Children with an average pay of $388,937.10; Hamilton Health Sciences with an average pay of $386,733.43; and Eastern Ontario Health Unit with an average pay of $363,835.24.

A total of 24 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Chief Medical Officer and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Universities with an average pay of $546,325.35; Hospitals and Boards of Public Health with an average pay of $298,949.93; and Government of Ontario - Ministries with an average pay of $272,268.92.

There were 5 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Chief Medical Officer is 63.64% male and 36.36% female, respectively.