Job

Senior Scientist salary in Ontario

105 people with this title were paid $100,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $178,001 and $256,875.

Median salary

$204,716

−3.4% vs 2024

People on the list

105

Middle half

$178K–$257K

Highest

$500,370

Median salary by year

Among people with this title on the list.

$205K

Show as a table

Year	Value
1996	$112,258
1997	$116,932
1998	$119,660
1999	$116,625
2000	$123,586
2001	$114,276
2002	$118,528
2003	$127,615
2004	$109,813
2005	$130,907
2006	$131,324
2007	$132,288
2008	$125,769
2009	$130,079
2010	$133,593
2011	$162,666
2012	$132,873
2013	$136,603
2014	$174,763
2015	$190,457
2016	$183,829
2017	$176,986
2018	$189,038
2019	$194,564
2020	$205,745
2021	$208,574
2022	$207,052
2023	$220,132
2024	$211,900
2025	$204,716

Same job, different employer

Median salary at each of the 3 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: $204,716

Sunnybrook Research Institute24 people$230,267

The Hospital For Sick Children67 people$204,716

Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories5 people$139,268

Employers with the most

The Hospital For Sick Children67

Sunnybrook Research Institute24

Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories5

Emergency Preparedness and Response3

ICES (Institute For Clinical Evaluative Sciences)2

Ontario Science Centre1

Pediatric Oncology Group Of Ontario1

Queen's University1

Trillium Health Partners1

Highest paid in 2025

#	Name	Employer	Salary	Benefits	Change
1	Martin Offringa	The Hospital For Sick Children	$500,370	$459	+$71,255
2	Michael Salter	The Hospital For Sick Children	$485,435	$459	+$19,788
3	Martin Post	The Hospital For Sick Children	$385,956	$0	+$12,152
4	Paul Frankland	The Hospital For Sick Children	$356,618	$919	+$17,783
5	Sheena Josselyn	The Hospital For Sick Children	$356,618	$919	+$17,783
6	Michael Tyers	The Hospital For Sick Children	$341,620	$650	+$12,211
7	David W Andrews	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$340,669	$0	−$92,617
8	Jayne Danska	The Hospital For Sick Children	$326,788	$459	+$13,152
9	Julie Forman-Kay	The Hospital For Sick Children	$325,191	$919	+$8,785
10	Donald Mabbott	The Hospital For Sick Children	$322,505	$919	+$15,357
11	Colin Macarthur	The Hospital For Sick Children	$321,371	$459	+$10,116
12	Brian Ciruna	The Hospital For Sick Children	$305,261	$919	+$11,959
13	Michael Moran	The Hospital For Sick Children	$304,330	$708	+$8,316
14	John Brumell	The Hospital For Sick Children	$298,681	$919	−$12,118
15	Fa-Hsuan Lin	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$297,560	$2,067	−$13,462
16	Catherine Mcglade	The Hospital For Sick Children	$291,349	$919	+$8,389
17	Cynthia Guidos	The Hospital For Sick Children	$287,370	$459	+$9,052
18	Carol J Schuurmans	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$286,838	$2,062	−$23,943
19	Patricia Lynne Howell	The Hospital For Sick Children	$283,584	$823	+$10,165
20	Therese A Stukel	ICES (Institute For Clinical Evaluative Sciences)	$277,528	$300	+$15,497
21	Charles H Cunningham	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$276,251	$1,886	−$3,124
22	Jean-Philippe Julien	The Hospital For Sick Children	$271,064	$919	+$44,581
23	Christopher Pearson	The Hospital For Sick Children	$266,685	$919	+$10,875
24	Daniela Rotin	The Hospital For Sick Children	$265,621	$210	+$9,666
25	Graham A Wright	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$261,535	$2,052	−$10,767
26	Jason Moffat	The Hospital For Sick Children	$258,553	$919	−$30,461
27	Isabelle Aubert	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$256,875	$2,054	−$15,054
28	Peter C Austin	ICES (Institute For Clinical Evaluative Sciences)	$255,649	$2,342	+$15,151
29	Cari M Whyne	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$255,578	$1,953	−$13,794
30	Grzegorz J Stanisz	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$245,898	$1,988	−$5,027
31	Simon J Graham	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$245,060	$1,940	+$980
32	John Sled	The Hospital For Sick Children	$244,192	$919	+$12,568
33	Brent Derry	The Hospital For Sick Children	$241,494	$919	+$6,944
34	Krista L Lanctot	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$241,176	$1,951	−$7,048
35	Anne L Martel	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$239,614	$1,988	−$3,929
36	Christine Bear	The Hospital For Sick Children	$236,881	$459	+$7,462
37	John Rubinstein	The Hospital For Sick Children	$234,427	$919	+$11,689
38	Maged N Goubran	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$234,409	$1,874	+$20,028
39	Kamil Uludag	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$226,124	$1,895	+$18,993
40	Simon Sharpe	The Hospital For Sick Children	$225,581	$919	+$4,046
41	Robert A Screaton	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$223,252	$1,924	−$3,751
42	Roman Melnyk	The Hospital For Sick Children	$222,766	$919	+$11,456
43	John Parkinson	The Hospital For Sick Children	$221,921	$919	+$7,952
44	Lu-Yang Wang	The Hospital For Sick Children	$221,421	$919	+$7,944
45	James Ellis	The Hospital For Sick Children	$220,231	$919	+$6,926
46	Wendy Ungar	The Hospital For Sick Children	$219,904	$459	+$8,004
47	Zhengping Jia	The Hospital For Sick Children	$215,443	$919	+$8,777
48	David E Goertz	Sunnybrook Research Institute	$213,187	$1,886	−$25,384
49	Sean Egan	The Hospital For Sick Children	$213,087	$919	+$6,707
50	Jim Hu	The Hospital For Sick Children	$209,488	$459	+$6,598