Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 377 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

377

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$53.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$141,145

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$129,341

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in 2025?

Jean Paul Cadeau, Deputy Minister, was paid $501,209 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 377 Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $129,341.

How has Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade's Sunshine List changed?

Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade listed 254 people in 2019 and 377 in 2025, up 48%; payroll on the list went from $31.4M to $53.3M, and the median salary moved from $111,959 to $129,341.

How many Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 7 yearly values of median salary, from $111,959 in 2019 to $129,341 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K201920202021202320242025
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

#1Jean Paul Cadeau
$501,209
Deputy Minister
#2David Paterson
$362,218
Special Advisor, Agent General
#3Bernard Derible
$345,459
Special Advisor, Agent General
#4David Barnes
$320,055
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Industries
#5Rachel Simeon
$289,634
Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Economic Partnership
#6Clara Chan
$275,039
Assistant Deputy Minister, Small Business and Program Delivery
#7Hugo Cameron
$271,350
Executive Lead, Trade Engagement
#8Suzanne Skinner
$269,581
Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade and International Engagement
#9Thomas Bedford
$256,040
Director,Strategic Project's Office
#10Darius Basarab
$253,613
Manager, Financial Technology and Business Services
#11Lynne Groulx
$245,791
Director, Business Advisory Services
#12Jeffrey Ong
$241,317
Director, Policy Planning and Strategy
#13Trevor Anderson
$236,515
Director, Business Planning and Finance
#14Matthew Gordon
$233,104
Director, Sector Strategy
#15Lori Coleman
$233,048
Director, Funding Administration
#16George Cadete
$230,279
Director, Scale-up Services
#17Andrew Guy
$229,808
Director, Advanced Technologies
#18Tiffany Mah
$227,762
Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division
#19Annette Azzopardi
$226,843
Director, Strategic Human Resources
#20Nelson Janicas
$224,518
Director, Service Management and Facilities
#21Elaine Shin
$219,579
Director, Agency Liaison and Investment
#22Dawn Landry
$218,705
Director, Trade Programs
#23Catherine Pulsinelli
$218,346
Director, Internal Trade Policy
#24Leigh Davison
$216,408
Director, Funding Administration
#25Jack Maguire
$215,529
Director, Small Business

See all 377 employees in 2025 →

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Darius Basarab at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $137,053 to $253,420, up 84.9%.

Darius Basarab+84.9%
Manager, Financial Technology and Business Services
$137,053 → $253,420
Rachel Simeon+51.1%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Economic Partnership
$191,530 → $289,365
Tiffany Mah+65.7%
Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division
$137,338 → $227,536
Lynne Groulx+55.0%
Director, Business Advisory Services
$158,415 → $245,568
Trevor Anderson+58.1%
Director, Business Planning and Finance
$149,508 → $236,303

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.

83 people were new to Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade's list in 2025; 58 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade →

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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people