Catherine Forster
Senior Manager Contract Initiatives / Gestionnaire principal – Initiatives de contrat at Independent Electricity System Operator. On Ontario’s disclosure list 16 years between 2010 and 2025.
Senior Manager Contract Initiatives / Gestionnaire principal – Initiatives de contrat
Independent Electricity System Operator
- Salary paid
- $204,837.57
- Taxable benefits
- $389.76
- Total disclosed
- $205,227.33
Change from 2024: +$17,564 (+9.4%)16years on
the list
Among 1,002 people at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025
101st highest paid. Their median: $155,810.
Paid more than 95% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.
Salary by year
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| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2010 | $107,800 |
| 2011 | $111,569 |
| 2012 | $111,714 |
| 2013 | $111,714 |
| 2014 | $111,714 |
| 2015 | $122,271 |
| 2016 | $122,702 |
| 2017 | $126,708 |
| 2018 | $131,215 |
| 2019 | $138,054 |
| 2020 | $141,245 |
| 2021 | $146,813 |
| 2022 | $167,986 |
| 2023 | $178,573 |
| 2024 | $187,274 |
| 2025 | $204,838 |
History
| Year | Employer and job | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Manager Contract Initiatives / Gestionnaire principal – Initiatives de contrat | $204,838 | $390 | +$17,564 |
| 2024 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Manager Contract Initiatives / Gestionnaire principal – Initiatives de contrat | $187,274 | $377 | +$8,701 |
| 2023 | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéSenior Manager Contract Initiatives / Gestionnaire principal - Initiatives de contrat | $178,573 | $216 | +$10,588 |
| 2022 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Manager Renewable Energy Contracts and Commercial Services / Gestionnaire principal, contrats d’énergie renouvelable et services commerciaux | $167,986 | $220 | +$21,173 |
| 2021 | Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior Manager Renewable Energy Contracts and Commercial Services / Gestionnaire principal, contrats d’énergie renouvelable et services commerciaux | $146,813 | $210 | +$5,567 |
| 2020 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire – Services commerciaux | $141,245 | $205 | +$3,191 |
| 2019 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire � Services commerciaux | $138,054 | $216 | +$6,839 |
| 2018 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire – Services commerciaux | $131,215 | $248 | +$4,507 |
| 2017 | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire, Services commerciaux · moved here | $126,708 | $482 | +$4,006 |
| 2016 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire – Services commerciaux | $122,702 | $425 | +$431 |
| 2015 | Independent Electricity System OperatorManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire – Services commerciaux · moved here | $122,271 | $472 | +$10,557 |
| 2014 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Commercial Services / Gestionnaire - Services commerciaux | $111,714 | $644 | $0 |
| 2013 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Commercial Services | $111,714 | $639 | $0 |
| 2012 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Commercial Services | $111,714 | $540 | +$145 |
| 2011 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Settlement | $111,569 | $525 | +$3,769 |
| 2010 | Ontario Power AuthorityManager, Settlement | $107,800 | $513 |
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Questions and answers
Why is Catherine Forster on the disclosure list?
Independent Electricity System Operator paid Catherine Forster $204,838 in 2025. Ontario’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year, under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
What does “salary paid” include?
What the employer paid in the calendar year, so it can include overtime, retroactive pay, vacation payouts, severance or a partial year. Taxable benefits are listed separately. 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 $100,000 are not on the list, so they are not counted.
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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 Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal