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Legal Counsel / Avocat salary in Ontario

28 people with this title were paid $100,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $123,874 and $153,053.

Median salary
$130,053
−7.8% vs 2024
People on the list
28
Middle half
$124K–$153K
Highest
$302,434

Median salary by year

Among people with this title on the list.

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YearValue
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2011$130,277
2012$112,828
2013$101,660
2014$114,237
2015$121,205
2016
2017$129,520
2018$125,200
2019$123,407
2020$141,773
2021$147,038
2022$151,627
2023$143,001
2024$141,038
2025$130,053

Same job, different employer

Median salary at each of the 2 employers with 5 or more people in this job, highest first, against the median for everyone with the title.

Median for everyone with this title: $130,053

Employers with the most

Highest paid in 2025

#NameEmployerSalaryBenefitsChange
1William ChallisInformation And Privacy Commissioner$302,434$365+$867
2Brendan GrayInformation And Privacy Commissioner$282,740$335+$6,178
3Stephen MccammonInformation And Privacy Commissioner$277,756$335−$5,262
4Robert SamuelsInformation And Privacy Commissioner$277,756$335−$11,803
5James SchneiderInformation And Privacy Commissioner$277,756$335+$26,926
6Gary QuedadoOntario Securities Commission$168,349$866+$4,315
7Luc VaillancourtOntario Securities Commission$161,556$825−$5,082
8Andrew MarreseOntario Securities Commission$153,053$788+$27,143
9Sean CostenOntario Securities Commission$150,949$758+$17,914
10Kunal SethiOntario Securities Commission$149,812$788+$8,775
11Mario MarrelliOntario Securities Commission$139,795$753new
12Chenwei YuanMetrolinx$135,506$0new
13Christopher M McgoeyOntario Health$131,189$2,372+$5,965
14Benjamin Mayer-GoodmanOntario Securities Commission$130,144$695new
15Alykhan EsmailLegal Aid Ontario$129,961$454new
16Daniel D'AlimonteOntario Securities Commission$129,105$642+$16,506
17Shayyan MalikOntario Health$127,330$2,717+$4,846
18William Robert LeckieOntario Securities Commission$125,918$627+$13,584
19Rav BaldeoOntario Health$124,620$1,986−$6,507
20Mansfield WongOntario Securities Commission$124,612$716−$5,566
21Vladimir GoryushinOntario Securities Commission$123,874$635+$9,415
22Raveena J NanuaMetrolinx$121,326$802new
23William MacdougallOntario Securities Commission$115,888$619new
24Gordon LeeOntario Securities Commission$115,099$608new
25Shivkanwal PadamOntario Securities Commission$114,344$626new
26Konstantinos NikolopoulosOntario Securities Commission$110,481$0+$7,877
27Karan SharmaFinancial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario$107,487$392new
28Joseph MurrayLegal Aid Ontario$105,416$0new