Public Salaries
Salary disclosure · 2024

Ontario public sector salaries, 2024

Salaries paid in calendar year 2024, published in 2025 (the list often called the Sunshine List). 377,881 people at 2,253 employers.

People on the list
377,881
+25.7% vs 2023
Median salary
$125,365
+8.7% vs 2023
Total salaries
$50.1B
Employers
2,253

Top 100 highest paid in 2024

#NameEmployerSalaryBenefitsChange
1Kenneth HartwickPresident and Chief Executive OfficerOntario Power Generation$2,010,896$7,540+$85,524
2Nicolle ButcherChief Operations OfficerOntario Power Generation$978,380$1,359+$83,597
3Steve GregorisChief Nuclear OfficerOntario Power Generation$919,310$3,591+$109,744
4Phil VersterPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la directionMetrolinx$883,991$13,827+$45,893
5Kevin SmithPresident and Chief Executive OfficerUniversity Health Network$883,097$93,927+$38,105
6Ronald CohnPresident and Chief Executive OfficerThe Hospital For Sick Children$870,013$17,696+$18,599
7Subo SinnathambyChief Projects OfficerOntario Power Generation$848,713$3,637+$246,857
8Aida CipollaChief Financial Officer and Corporate Services OfficerOntario Power Generation$835,094$2,439+$155,437
9Matthew AndersonChief Executive Officer/Président-directeur généralOntario Health$823,200$10,452
10Jon FrankeSenior Vice President NuclearOntario Power Generation$818,174$1,981+$14,444
11Barbara CollinsPresident and Chief Executive OfficerHumber River Health$816,238$22,197+$187,538
12Mark FullerPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la directionOntario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)$816,155$572
13Timothy RutledgePresident and Chief Executive OfficerUnity Health Toronto$775,118$27,053+$3,882
14David GrahamPresident and Chief Executive OfficerScarborough Health Network$757,973$1,996+$68,747
15Mark KnutsonChief Enterprise Engineering and Chief Nuclear EngineerOntario Power Generation$753,595$2,696+$71,217
16Christopher GintherExecutive Vice President Business Strategy and Commercial ManagementOntario Power Generation$740,815$3,337−$149,110
17Andy SmithPresident, Chief Executive OfficerSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre$715,059$49,881−$66
18Lesley GallingerPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la directionIndependent Electricity System Operator$710,848$654+$21,789
19David G. VingoeChief Executive Officer / Chef de la directionOntario Securities Commission$697,970$1,892−$2
20Dimitri ParraRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$696,550$897+$80,000
21Joao AmaralRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$693,550$897+$65,459
22Alessandro GasparettoRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$693,550$897+$117,513
23Alfred HannayPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la directionOntario Lottery And Gaming Corporation$688,943$1,536−$20,639
24Altaf StationwalaPresident and Chief Executive OfficerMacKenzie Health$684,007$14,585+$4,541
25Gary NewtonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSinai Health System$684,004$3,097−$21,923
26Sarah DowneyPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice généraleCentre For Addiction And Mental Health$683,399$5,969+$57,825
27Frank MartinoPresident and Chief Executive OfficerWilliam Osler Health System$681,504$18,000+$171,605
28Karli FarrowPresident and Chief Executive OfficerTrillium Health Partners$676,217$3,573+$7,892
29Alan Aspuru-GuzikProfessor of Chemistry and Computer ScienceUniversity Of Toronto$671,857$37,056+$109,140
30Kevin ChanVice PresidentLondon Health Sciences Centre$670,879$12,713+$337,983
31Richard LearyChief Executive OfficerCity Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission$670,373$24,613+$108,047
32Birgit Betina Ertl-WagnerRadiologist-In-ChiefThe Hospital For Sick Children$666,108$897−$16,342
33Brenda MacdonaldChief Commercial OfficerOntario Power Generation$664,173$2,094+$81,253
34Steven HoffmanProfessor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed ChairYork University$660,467$776+$253,444
35Moegamat BakardienSenior Vice President PickeringOntario Power Generation$650,292$1,867+$263,808
36Richard GeofroyDeputy Chief Nuclear OfficerOntario Power Generation$648,726$1,625+$74,020
37Melissa HoggChief Administrative and Ethics OfficerOntario Power Generation$647,205$1,199+$34,413
38Cameron LovePresident/PrésidentThe Ottawa Hospital$647,124$16,467$0
39Gadi MaymanChief Executive OfficerOntario Financing Authority$642,146$795−$9,271
40Michelle DiEmanueleSecretary of the CabinetCabinet Office$641,328$680new
41John TibbitsPresidentConestoga College Institute Of Technology and Advanced Learning$636,107$3,899+$141,391
42Doris GrinspunChief Executive OfficerRegistered Nurses Association Of Ontario$622,178$0+$20,802
43Manohar ShroffRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$615,711$840−$10,191
44Gail HuntPresident and Chief Executive OfficerRoyal Victoria Regional Health Centre$611,845$58,965+$101,016
45John YooDean/Professor/Medical DoctorUniversity Of Western Ontario$607,795$90+$23,058
46Heather FergusonSenior Vice President Business Development, Strategy and Corporate AffairsOntario Power Generation$600,963$759+$64,874
47Kenneth BossPsychiatrist/PsychiatreNorth Bay Regional Health Centre$600,383$0new
48Melissa HornerPresident and Chief Executive OfficerHalton Healthcare Services Corporation$592,745$2,597+$273,399
49Ronald GagnonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGrand River Hospital Corporation$591,248$2,924+$5,553
50Robert MacisaacPresident and Chief Executive OfficerHamilton Health Sciences$589,323$4,661−$97,879
51Michael LindsayChief Executive Officer/Directeur généralOntario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)$588,848$32,385
52Elizabeth BullerPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSt. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton$585,000$24,862−$72,635
53David PichoraPresident and Chief Executive Officer \ Président-directeur GénéraleKingston Health Sciences Centre$580,838$412−$31,551
54David KaposiExecutive Vice President Investment Strategy and Business DevelopmentOntario Power Generation$580,621$1,958+$26,371
55Sonia BaxendalePresident and Chief Executive OfficerGlobal Risk Institute In Financial Services$575,000$19,253+$35,000
56Suzanne LaughlinNeuroradiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$574,284$897+$24,604
57Pradeep KrishnanRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$573,716$897−$2,523
58Michael MartelliChief Projects OfficerOntario Power Generation$573,712$0−$399,035
59Robert MyersDirectorPerimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics$573,186$561−$315
60Helen BransonNeuroradiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$573,036$897−$3,574
61Shelley BabinPresident and Chief Executive Officer – Atura PowerOntario Power Generation$569,035$1,554+$46,395
62Prakash MuthusamiRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$568,047$897−$7,026
63Katherine HendersonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerHockey Canada$567,225$36,711new
64Stephen SchererChief Research InstituteThe Hospital For Sick Children$565,765$1,056+$7,142
65Meredith IrwinPaediatrician-In-Chief SickKids and Chair Paediatrics, University of TorontoThe Hospital For Sick Children$564,420$1,056+$40,375
66Boris VulanovicSenior Vice President Nuclear RefurbishmentOntario Power Generation$561,870$1,596+$92,957
67Daniel CassExecutive Vice President Chief Medical ExecutiveSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre$560,657$46,782−$24,220
68Meric GertlerPresident; Professor of Geography and PlanningUniversity Of Toronto$555,450$80,326+$69,258
69David GoldreichProfessor of FinanceUniversity Of Toronto$554,829$306−$9,403
70Jane PhilpottChair, Connecting Every Ontarian to Primary Health Care InitiativeQueen's University$552,435$272+$6,382
71George SoleasPresident and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur généralLiquor Control Board Of Ontario$550,252$19,398−$13,039
72James WallaceChief Executive Officer/Directeur généralSupply Ontario$550,000$1,480new
73Anthony TangProfessor/Medical DoctorUniversity Of Western Ontario$550,000$27$0
74Peter WerstiukChief Executive OfficerQuantum Valley Ideas Laboratories$549,596$1,428new
75Rhonda LentonPresident and Vice- Chancellor/ProfessorYork University$546,633$17,357+$74,151
76Paul SeguinSenior Vice President PickeringOntario Power Generation$544,604$2,408+$104,229
77Mikhail SimutinAssociate Professor of FinanceUniversity Of Toronto$543,015$8,720+$37,769
78Lynn GuerrieroPresident and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la directionNiagara Health System$535,997$14,888+$2,309
79Guy ChartrandPrésident- directeur général / President and Chief Executive OfficerBruyère Continuing Care$535,885$10,644+$48,766
80Gergely OrencsakDeputy MinisterFinance$535,203$6,573+$139,319
81Dragan PopovicSenior Vice President, Small Modular Reactor ExecutionOntario Power Generation$533,965$1,577+$61,162
82Joshua BassechesDirector and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur généralRoyal Ontario Museum$533,111$2,965−$2
83Leslie RadvanyiPresident and Scientific DirectorOntario Institute For Cancer Research$528,461$1,354+$36,966
84Brian GoldenProfessor of Strategic ManagementUniversity Of Toronto$526,239$258−$124,621
85Bernard JasminDoyenne, doyen / DeanUniversity Of Ottawa$525,913$80+$68,564
86Stephen Michael SmithLaboratory PhysicianUniversity Health Network$525,850$550+$32,083
87Terence CunninghamVice President Nuclear ProjectsOntario Power Generation$525,558$1,503+$19,353
88William StrangeProfessor of Economic Analysis and PolicyUniversity Of Toronto$525,287$215−$2,704
89Zulfiqar BhuttaCo-Director, Global Child HealthThe Hospital For Sick Children$522,882$449+$54,035
90Sarita VermaPresident EmeritaNorthern Ontario School Of Medicine$522,440$9,515+$139,614
91Tina DacinProfessor, Smith ChairQueen's University$520,255$272+$216,977
92Heather McphersonPresident and Corporate Executive Officer/Président et directeur général / Présidente et directrice généraleWomen's College Hospital$520,166$1,542+$47,741
93David FarrarPresident and Vice-ChancellorMcMaster University$518,942$9,966+$62,634
94Govind ChavhanRadiologistThe Hospital For Sick Children$517,819$897+$21,908
95Brian SilvermanProfessor of Strategic ManagementUniversity Of Toronto$516,222$258−$95,606
96Susan ChristoffersenProfessor of FinanceUniversity Of Toronto$515,282$2,418+$16,012
97Vivek GoelPresidentUniversity Of Waterloo$515,000$2,144+$20,777
98Alexander BarronVice PresidentLondon Health Sciences Centre$514,607$10,628+$182,217
99Luca CeccatoSenior Vice President Nuclear RefurbishmentOntario Power Generation$513,638$1,380+$87,891
100David RogersVice President Plant OperationsOntario Power Generation$513,255$1,279+$20,118

By sector

SectorPeopleMedianHighest
School Boards118,048$129,553$471,634
Municipalities & Services76,460$123,347$670,373
Hospitals & Boards of Public Health67,482$116,592$883,097
Government of Ontario – Ministries31,498$123,253$641,328
Universities29,163$150,348$671,857
Crown Agencies18,723$121,242$883,991
Other Public Sector Employers13,547$120,000$622,178
Colleges11,200$125,635$636,107
Ontario Power Generation10,267$158,742$2,010,896
Government of Ontario – Judiciary675$179,322$414,005
Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices649$130,087$382,167
Seconded169$135,971$552,435

Largest employers

All employers
EmployerPeopleMedianTotal
Toronto District School Board14,046$119,821$1.7B
City Of Toronto10,256$125,118$1.4B
Ontario Power Generation10,007$158,765$1.7B
Peel District School Board9,014$132,896$1.2B
York Region District School Board7,327$132,933$948M
University Of Toronto6,872$143,076$1.1B
City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission6,842$113,956$817M
Solicitor General6,318$118,361$803M
City Of Toronto – Police Service6,114$138,802$875M
Ontario Provincial Police5,823$130,850$789M
Toronto Catholic District School Board5,256$119,983$643M
Thames Valley District School Board4,722$132,138$604M
City Of Ottawa4,686$116,555$574M
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board4,318$127,025$546M
Metrolinx4,276$127,501$593M
Durham District School Board4,247$132,635$549M
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board4,222$132,529$544M
University Health Network3,879$116,700$492M
Waterloo Region District School Board3,643$132,735$473M
Halton District School Board3,577$128,235$452M
Hamilton Health Sciences3,545$118,296$447M
The Ottawa Hospital3,165$117,078$388M
London Health Sciences Centre3,083$114,382$378M
Simcoe County District School Board3,047$132,196$391M
York Catholic District School Board3,001$133,576$399M