Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo

Also filed as Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipal of Waterloo (2015), Children's Aid Society of Reg'l. Municipality of Waterloo (2007–2010) and 1 more.

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 41 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

41

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$4.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$117,378

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$109,046

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in 2025?

Sonia Dennis, Executive Director, was paid $207,852 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 41 Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $109,046.

How has Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo's Sunshine List changed?

Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo listed 10 people in 2006 and 41 in 2025 — 4.1× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.1M to $4.8M, and the median salary moved from $103,886 to $109,046.

How many Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 20 yearly values of median salary, from $103,886 in 2006 to $109,046 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K200620102014201720212025
Median salary, 2006–2025. 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

#1Sonia Dennis
$207,852
Executive Director
#2Anne-Marie Simpson
$158,778
Director of Operations
#3Christine Reitzel
$144,561
Director, Child Protection Services
#4Paul Reimer
$138,845
Director, Child Protection Services
#5Debra Gollnick
$135,062
Director, Child Protection Services
#6Jeff Boich
$126,980
Legal Counsel
#7Oluwakemi Aderibigbe
$126,686
Director, Community Engagement and Prevention
#8Andrea Gardiner
$125,696
Supervisor, Child Protection Services and After Hours
#9Leane Bast
$123,803
Supervisor, Child Protection Services and After Hours
#10Sarah Subhan
$123,001
Legal Counsel
#11Charu Smith
$122,496
Legal Counsel
#12Ester Mizrahi
$121,764
Supervisor, Child Protection Services and After Hours
#13Kent Bannister
$121,271
Supervisor, Child Protection Services and After Hours
#14Benjamin Mcivor
$121,068
Legal Counsel
#15Angela Letts
$117,957
Director, Child Protection Services
#16Leyco Wilson
$117,903
Director, Research and Quality Improvement
#17Danielle Glass
$117,644
Director, Truth and Reconciliation
#18Dianne Sousa
$116,271
Legal Counsel
#19Leslie Dottori
$113,903
Supervisor, Child Protection Services and After Hours
#20Brenda Griecken
$109,997
Supervisor, Child Protection Services
#21Angela Perkins
$109,518
Supervisor, Staff Wellness and Professional Development
#22Chrissy Gulley
$109,460
Supervisor, Child Protection Services
#23Christopher Leslie
$109,358
Supervisor, Child Protection Services
#24Shazia Fatima
$109,212
Supervisor, Child Protection Services
#25Sarah Henderson Murphy
$109,016
Supervisor, Foster Care, Kinship and Adoption Services

See all 41 employees in 2025 →

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Sonia Dennis at Children's Aid Society Of The Regional Municipality Of Waterloo had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $196,213 to $206,930, up 5.5%.

Sonia Dennis+5.5%
Executive Director
$196,213 → $206,930
Christine Reitzel+7.9%
Director, Child Protection Services
$133,417 → $143,943
Leslie Dottori+8.7%
Supervisor, Child Protection Services and After Hours
$104,327 → $113,439
Jeff Boich+7.4%
Legal Counsel
$117,682 → $126,433
Anne-Marie Simpson+5.5%
Director of Operations
$149,842 → $158,095

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.

6 people were new to Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo's list in 2025; 8 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people