Karen Thorburn
Executive Director – Corporate Initiatives at City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission. On Ontario’s disclosure list 12 years between 2014 and 2025.
Executive Director – Corporate Initiatives
City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- Salary paid
- $248,812.11
- Taxable benefits
- $8,522.85
- Total disclosed
- $257,334.96
Change from 2024: +$22,411 (+9.9%)12years on
the list
Among 9,614 people at City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission in 2025
24th highest paid. Their median: $114,939.
Paid more than 98% 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 | Median for the job |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $106,900 | $125,040 |
| 2015 | $108,189 | $125,999 |
| 2016 | $122,110 | |
| 2017 | $133,108 | |
| 2018 | $140,877 | |
| 2019 | $168,022 | $125,574 |
| 2020 | $169,082 | $132,359 |
| 2021 | $169,087 | $130,344 |
| 2022 | $147,074 | $139,589 |
| 2023 | $205,191 | |
| 2024 | $226,401 | |
| 2025 | $248,812 |
History
| Year | Employer and job | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit CommissionExecutive Director – Corporate Initiatives | $248,812 | $8,523 | +$22,411 (+9.9%) |
| 2024 | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit CommissionExecutive Director -Corporate Initiatives | $226,401 | $8,424 | +$21,210 (+10.3%) |
| 2023 | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit CommissionExecutive Director - Corporate Initiatives · moved here | $205,191 | $8,310 | +$58,117 (+39.5%) |
| 2022 | City Of TorontoSenior Corporate Management Policy Consultant | $147,074 | $742 | −$22,012 (−13.0%) |
| 2021 | City Of TorontoSenior Corporate Management Policy Consultant | $169,087 | $1,006 | +$4 (+0.0%) |
| 2020 | City Of TorontoSenior Corporate Management Policy Consultant | $169,082 | $974 | +$1,061 (+0.6%) |
| 2019 | City Of TorontoSenior Corporate Management, Policy Consultant | $168,022 | $960 | +$27,145 (+19.3%) |
| 2018 | City Of TorontoProject Director Corporate Initiatives | $140,877 | $922 | +$7,769 (+5.8%) |
| 2017 | City Of TorontoProject Director Corporate Initiatives | $133,108 | $877 | +$10,997 (+9.0%) |
| 2016 | City Of TorontoSenior Advisor Corporate Initiatives | $122,110 | $834 | +$13,921 (+12.9%) |
| 2015 | City Of TorontoSenior Corporate Management Policy Consultant | $108,189 | $788 | +$1,289 (+1.2%) |
| 2014 | City Of TorontoSenior Corporate Management, Policy Consultant | $106,900 | $749 |
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Questions and answers
Why is Karen Thorburn on the disclosure list?
City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission paid Karen Thorburn $248,812 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