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Shawn Rideout

Chief Mine Rescue Officer at Workplace Safety North. On Ontario’s disclosure list 10 years between 2016 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Shawn Rideout
Chief Mine Rescue Officer
Workplace Safety North
Salary paid
$165,746.88
Taxable benefits
$861.52
Total disclosed
$166,608.40
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$6,307 (+4.0%)
10years on
the list

Among 43 people at Workplace Safety North in 2025

3rd highest paid. Their median: $138,046.

Paid more than 87% 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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YearSalary
2016$124,792
2017$142,949
2018$141,549
2019$145,959
2020$151,376
2021$151,067
2022$151,067
2023$151,797
2024$159,440
2025$165,747

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$165,747$862+$6,307 (+4.0%)
2024Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$159,440$2,005+$7,643 (+5.0%)
2023Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$151,797$2,043+$730 (+0.5%)
2022Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$151,067$1,050$0 (0.0%)
2021Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$151,067$1,103−$309 (−0.2%)
2020Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$151,376$1,854+$5,418 (+3.7%)
2019Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$145,959$1,439+$4,410 (+3.1%)
2018Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$141,549$2,203−$1,401 (−1.0%)
2017Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$142,949$2,009+$18,157 (+14.5%)
2016Workplace Safety NorthChief Mine Rescue Officer$124,792$1,323

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Questions and answers

Why is Shawn Rideout on the disclosure list?

Workplace Safety North paid Shawn Rideout $165,747 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 are matched by name and employer. 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