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Ariana Ward

Crown Counsel at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 8 years between 2018 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Ariana Ward
Crown Counsel
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$250,100.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2024: −$3,780 (−1.5%)
8years on
the list

Among 269 people with the title “Crown Counsel” in 2025

Paid more than 62% of them. Their median: $228,226.

Among 22,704 people at BC Public Service in 2025

240th highest paid. Their median: $97,346.

Paid more than 98% of everyone on the 2025 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Gross salary by year

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YearGross salaryMedian for the job
2018$121,528$178,129
2019$169,873$172,675
2020$185,444$172,899
2021$194,269$178,092
2022$209,890$184,156
2023$215,030$194,401
2024$253,880$214,611
2025$250,100$228,226

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2025BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$250,100$255,418−$3,780 (−1.5%)
2024BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$253,880$266,137+$38,850 (+18.1%)
2023BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$215,030$234,242+$5,140 (+2.4%)
2022BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$209,890$244,435+$15,621 (+8.0%)
2021BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$194,269$232,565+$8,825 (+4.8%)
2020BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$185,444$223,690+$15,571 (+9.2%)
2019BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$169,873$209,695+$48,345 (+39.8%)
2018BC Public ServiceCrown Counsel$121,528$154,098

In 2025 dollars: each year’s pay at 2025 prices, by British Columbia’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01), each fiscal year priced at the calendar year most of its months fall in.

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Questions and answers

Why is Ariana Ward on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Ariana Ward $250,100 in 2025. British Columbia’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $75,000 or more in a fiscal year, under the Financial Information Act.

What is “gross salary”?

The one pay figure British Columbia publishes for each person for the fiscal year, shown as published. British Columbia does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work

What do the comparisons mean?

Ranks and shares are among people on the same year’s list only: those with the same title, those at the same employer, or everyone listed. People paid under $75,000 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

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Years are matched by name and employer. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as British Columbia published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal