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Karen Dawson

Vice Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario at Tribunals Ontario. On Ontario’s disclosure list 2 years between 2024 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Karen Dawson
Vice Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
Tribunals Ontario
Salary paid
$151,418.43
Taxable benefits
$189.60
Total disclosed
$151,608.03
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$5,608 (+3.8%)
2years on
the list

Among 6 people with the title “Vice Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario” in 2025

Paid more than 66% of them. Their median: $146,025.

Among 291 people at Tribunals Ontario in 2025

55th highest paid. Their median: $122,510.

Paid more than 81% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

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Salary by year

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YearSalaryMedian for the job
2024$145,810$138,511
2025$151,418$146,025

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Tribunals OntarioVice Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario$151,418$190+$5,608 (+3.8%)
2024Tribunals OntarioVice Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario$145,810$190

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Questions and answers

Why is Karen Dawson on the disclosure list?

Tribunals Ontario paid Karen Dawson $151,418 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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