City of Toronto – Public Library Board

Also filed as City of Toronto - Public Library (2004–2005, 2007–2012), City of Toronto - Toronto Public Library (2003, 2006) and Toronto Public Library (1998–2002).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 371 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

371

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$44.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$119,379

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$108,421

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Toronto – Public Library Board in 2025?

Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, was paid $377,888 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 371 City of Toronto – Public Library Board employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $108,421.

How has City of Toronto – Public Library Board's Sunshine List changed?

City of Toronto – Public Library Board listed 6 people in 1998 and 371 in 2025 — 62× as many; payroll on the list went from $687K to $44.5M, and the median salary moved from $111,745 to $108,421.

How many City of Toronto – Public Library Board employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 28 yearly values of median salary, from $111,745 in 1998 to $108,421 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199820042010201320192025
Median salary, 1998–2025. 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

#1Vickery Bowles
$377,888
City Librarian
#2Mohammed Hosseini-Ara
$257,136
City Librarian
#3Brian Daly
$232,565
Director, Human Resources
#4Linda Hazzan
$224,283
Director, Communications, Programming And Customer Engagement
#5Pamela Ryan
$224,283
Director, Services Development And Innovation
#6Alyssa Van Graft
$224,283
Director, Enterprise Projects And Facilities Management
#7Steve Till-Rogers
$218,791
Director, Digital Strategy And Chief Information Officer
#8Shawn Mitchell
$210,880
Director, Policy, Planning And Performance Management
#9Lisa Vohra
$210,880
Director, Collections And Membership Services
#10Marco Cuoco
$207,904
Director And Chief Financial Officer
#11Deepak Sharma
$190,187
Senior Manager, Budget and Financial Reporting
#12Gail Rankin
$181,482
Senior Manager, Facilities Management
#13Heather Mathis
$175,989
Director, Branch Operations and Customer Experience
#14Louise Reimer
$172,099
Senior Manager, Human Resources
#15Brian Francis
$167,263
Senior Manager, Marketing Communications
#16Wayne Lam
$167,262
Senior Manager, Accounting and Payroll
#17Susie Mahendran
$166,440
Senior Manager, Procurement and Contracts
#18Andrew Riem
$166,020
Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology
#19Kim Huntley
$165,496
Senior Manager
#20Gillian Byrne
$163,447
Senior Manager, Toronto Reference Library
#21Susan Martin
$163,447
Senior Manager, Branch Capital Plan and Implementation
#22Ana-Maria Critchley
$163,411
Senior Manager, Communications and Stakeholder Relations
#23Kandasamy Sivananda
$161,457
Senior Information Systems Officer
#24Elizabeth Malak
$160,592
Senior Manager
#25Allison Lennox
$160,348
Senior Manager, Special Collections

See all 371 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

Vickery Bowles at City Of Toronto – Public Library Board had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $288,306 to $377,690, up 31.0%.

Vickery Bowles+31.0%
City Librarian
$288,306 → $377,690
Mohammed Hosseini-Ara+24.5%
City Librarian
$205,387 → $255,738
Brian Daly+12.6%
Director, Human Resources
$205,387 → $231,319
Cheryl Fraser+22.8%
Manager Digital Products
$103,140 → $126,612
Scott Smith+21.6%
Manager, Procurement Performance And Planning
$104,235 → $126,721

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.

112 people were new to City of Toronto – Public Library Board's list in 2025; 26 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Toronto – Public Library Board →

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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people