Children, Community and Social Services

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,821 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,821

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$233.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$127,978

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$120,445

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Children, Community and Social Services in 2025?

Ajit Ninan, Medical Director, was paid $439,186 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,821 Children, Community and Social Services employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $120,445.

How has Children, Community and Social Services' Sunshine List changed?

Children, Community and Social Services listed 941 people in 2019 and 1,821 in 2025, up 94%; payroll on the list went from $112.0M to $233.3M, and the median salary moved from $110,988 to $120,445.

How many Children, Community and Social Services employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 7 yearly values of median salary, from $110,988 in 2019 to $120,445 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K201920202021202320242025
Median salary, 2019–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Ajit Ninan
$439,186
Medical Director
#2Timothy Beal
$416,164
Psychiatrist
#3Sohail Makhdoom
$416,164
Psychiatrist
#4Michelle Ponti-Sgargi
$416,164
Paediatrician
#5Julia Patricia Mastrangelo
$414,310
Psychiatrist
#6Daniele Zanotti
$411,884
Deputy Minister
#7Nevena Dourova
$409,389
Psychiatrist
#8Farah Abdulsatar
$406,393
Paediatrician
#9Simran Ahluwalia
$332,931
Psychiatrist
#10Linda Plowright
$332,931
Psychiatrist
#11Jacqueline Cureton
$318,857
Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Services
#12Shannon Lebrun
$299,511
Director
#13Jennifer Morris
$292,453
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy
#14Linda Chihab
$290,882
Assistant Deputy Minister, Child Welfare and Protection
#15Shella Salazar
$272,295
Assistant Deputy Minister, Business Planning and Corporate Services
#16Trevor Sparrow
$266,726
Assistant Deputy Minister, Youth Justice
#17Cordelia Clarke Julien
$266,289
Assistant Deputy Minister, Social Assistance Programs
#18George Karlos
$250,160
Assistant Deputy Minister
#19Michael Bannon
$248,032
Director
#20Jeffrey Gill
$237,369
Assistant Deputy Minister
#21Karen Singh
$236,225
Director
#22Peter Kiatipis
$234,194
Director
#23Jody Hendry
$231,602
Director
#24Mateen Khan
$228,820
Director
#25Amy Dk Olmstead
$228,700
Director

See all 1,821 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Shannon Lebrun at Children, Community and Social Services had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $160,588 to $299,417, up 86.5%.

Shannon Lebrun+86.5%
Director
$160,588 → $299,417
Julia Patricia Mastrangelo+38.8%
Psychiatrist
$298,172 → $413,885
Jacqueline Cureton+51.2%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Services
$210,623 → $318,562
Timothy Beal+34.6%
Psychiatrist
$308,925 → $415,741
Sohail Makhdoom+34.6%
Psychiatrist
$308,925 → $415,741

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

502 people were new to Children, Community and Social Services's list in 2025; 718 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Children, Community and Social Services →

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Top Positions
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