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Donna Louise Sanford

Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 5 years between 2019 and 2026.

Salary disclosure2026
Gross salary
$142,981.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2025: −$106,118 (−42.6%)
5years on
the list

Among 52 people at Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers in 2026

50th highest paid. Their median: $276,901.

Paid more than 90% of everyone on the 2026 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Paid close to Donna Louise Sanford at Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers

  1. Douglas Caul$212,848
  2. Keith Atkinson$195,938
  3. Kevin J Richter$162,970
  4. Rick Manwaring$155,669
  5. Donna Louise Sanfordthis person$142,981
  6. Jennifer McGuire$123,882
  7. Sheila Robinson$82,817

Ranked just above and below in 2026.

Gross salary by year

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YearGross salary
2019$99,912
2020$105,120
2022$164,476
2025$249,099
2026$142,981

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2026Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$142,981$142,981−$106,118 (−42.6%)
2025Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers$249,099$254,396
2022Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers · moved here$164,476$191,546
2020Order-in-Council appointees and other staffExec Dir, Confid&SupAgreeSect$105,120$126,800+$5,208 (+5.2%)
2019Order-in-Council appointees and other staffExec Dir, Confid&SupAgreeSect$99,912$123,334

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 Donna Louise Sanford on the salary disclosure list?

Deputy ministers and associate deputy ministers paid Donna Louise Sanford $142,981 in 2026. 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.

How do I report a mistake or ask for a record to be removed?

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Years at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. 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