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Peter Westgate

General Counsel at Attorney General. On Ontario’s disclosure list 25 years between 2001 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Peter Westgate
General Counsel
Attorney General
Salary paid
$359,326.90
Taxable benefits
$355.27
Total disclosed
$359,682.17
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$116,109 (+47.7%)
25years on
the list

Among 60 people with the title “General Counsel” in 2025

Paid more than 73% of them. Their median: $282,272.

Among 3,127 people at Attorney General in 2025

71st highest paid. Their median: $188,366.

Paid more than 99% 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
2001$160,142$123,956
2002$142,391$118,712
2003$161,274$157,362
2004$165,471$156,110
2005$166,825$161,729
2006$183,545$177,447
2007$186,971$183,394
2008$194,739$190,718
2009$195,054$175,286
2010$190,397$189,982
2011$195,628$195,628
2012$195,628$191,187
2013$195,628$195,601
2014$202,845$202,724
2015$207,043$207,048
2016$200,809$200,116
2017$218,998$212,497
2018$214,892$214,892
2019$212,853$228,559
2020$225,465$200,004
2021$229,382$193,454
2022$233,643$186,915
2023$236,456$180,874
2024$243,218$243,218
2025$359,327$282,272

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Attorney GeneralGeneral Counsel$359,327$355+$116,109
2024Attorney GeneralGeneral Counsel$243,218$306+$6,762
2023Attorney General / Procureur GénéralAssistant Crown Attorney / Procureur adjoint de la Couronne$236,456$292+$2,813
2022Attorney GeneralAssistant Crown Attorney$233,643$286+$4,262
2021Attorney GeneralAssistant Crown Attorney$229,382$284+$3,917
2020Attorney GeneralAssistant Crown Attorney$225,465$280+$12,612
2019Attorney GeneralCrown Attorney$212,853$279−$2,039
2018Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$214,892$308−$4,107
2017Attorney General / Procureur GénéralDeputy Crown Attorney / Sous-procureur de la Couronne$218,998$313+$18,189
2016Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$200,809$319−$6,233
2015Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney / Sous-procureur de la Couronne$207,043$333+$4,198
2014Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney / Sous-procureur de la Couronne$202,845$336+$7,216
2013Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$195,628$297$0
2012Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$195,628$268$0
2011Attorney General / Procureur GénéralDeputy Crown Attorney / Sous-procureur de la Couronne · moved here$195,628$281+$5,232
2010Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$190,397$317−$4,657
2009Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$195,054$320+$315
2008Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$194,739$335+$7,768
2007Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$186,971$321+$3,426
2006Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$183,545$293+$16,720
2005Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$166,825$271+$1,354
2004Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$165,471$279+$4,197
2003Attorney GeneralDeputy Crown Attorney$161,274$297+$18,883
2002Attorney GeneralAssistant Crown Attorney$142,391$303−$17,751
2001Attorney GeneralAssistant Crown Attorney$160,142$314

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Questions and answers

Why is Peter Westgate on the disclosure list?

Attorney General paid Peter Westgate $359,327 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?

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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