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Melanie Peters

Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques at Legal Aid Ontario. On Ontario’s disclosure list 4 years between 2019 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Melanie Peters
Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques
Legal Aid Ontario
Salary paid
$150,016.52
Taxable benefits
$1,849.73
Total disclosed
$151,866.25
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: −$2,923 (−1.9%)
4years on
the list

Among 37 people with the title “Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques” in 2025

Paid more than 37% of them. Their median: $151,824.

Among 597 people at Legal Aid Ontario in 2025

218th highest paid. Their median: $138,741.

Paid more than 80% 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
2019$110,384$129,437
2022$136,556
2024$152,940$164,742
2025$150,017$151,824

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Legal Aid OntarioManager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques$150,017$1,850−$2,923 (−1.9%)
2024Legal Aid OntarioManager, Legal Services/Cheffe des services juridiques$152,940$1,768
2022Legal Aid OntarioDuty Counsel, Family, Criminal/Avocate de service, droit de la famille et droit criminel$136,556$656
2019Legal Aid OntarioDuty Counsel, Family / Criminal/Avocate de service, droit de la famille / droit criminel$110,384$251

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Questions and answers

Why is Melanie Peters on the disclosure list?

Legal Aid Ontario paid Melanie Peters $150,017 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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