Health

Also filed as Health and Long-Term Care (2006, 2014, 2016–2019), Health & Long-Term Care (1999–2005, 2007–2011, 2013, 2015) and Health & Long–term Care (2012).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,443 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,443

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$189.0M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$130,822

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$123,319

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Health in 2025?

Deborah Richardson, Deputy Minister, was paid $522,433 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,443 Health employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $123,319.

How has Health's Sunshine List changed?

Health listed 161 people in 1996 and 1,443 in 2025 — 9.0× as many; payroll on the list went from $22.6M to $189.0M, and the median salary moved from $141,585 to $123,319.

How many Health employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $141,585 in 1996 to $123,319 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. 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

#1Deborah Richardson
$522,433
Deputy Minister
#2Kieran Moore
$483,798
Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Health
#3Syed Wajid Ahmed
$429,236
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health
#4Daniel Warshafsky
$397,974
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, Communicable and Infectious Disease
#5Katherine Bingham
$394,667
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, Communicable and Infectious Disease
#6Dafna Carr
$341,805
Chief Digital Health Officer
#7Alison Blair
$337,332
Associate Deputy Minister, Health Integration and Partnerships
#8Sean Twyford
$319,950
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Planning and French Language Services
#9James Yuill
$304,924
Director, Financial Management
#10Kyle Macintyre
$297,216
Assistant Deputy Minister, Mental Health and Addictions
#11Shawn Lawson
$294,922
Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Services
#12Patrick Dicerni
$289,485
Assistant Deputy Minister Health Programs and Delivery
#13Michelle Murti
$285,934
Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health
#14Susan Picarello
$284,667
Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Health Services
#15Rhonda Mcmichael
$280,393
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Partnerships
#16Karima Velji
$274,936
Chief of Nursing and Professional Practice and Assistant Deputy Minister
#17Michael Hillmer
$267,908
Assistant Deputy Minister, Digital and Analytics Strategy
#18Lisa Legatto
$254,520
Director, Communications
#19Elizabeth Walker
$248,095
Executive Lead, Office of Chief Medical Officer of Health
#20Laura Anweiler
$241,341
Medical Consultant, Monitoring and Control
#21Allison Costello
$238,329
Director, Ontario Health Teams Policy and Operations
#22Cherrie Lethbridge
$236,629
Director, Human Resources Strategic Business Unit
#23Michael Klar
$235,764
Medical Consultant
#24Lindsay Davidson
$235,762
Medical Consultant
#25Jude Coutinho
$235,611
Medical Consultant

See all 1,443 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

James Yuill at Health had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $163,013 to $304,811, up 87.0%.

James Yuill+87.0%
Director, Financial Management
$163,013 → $304,811
Alison Blair+36.6%
Associate Deputy Minister, Health Integration and Partnerships
$246,676 → $336,996
Kyle Macintyre+41.2%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Mental Health and Addictions
$210,298 → $296,933
Jennifer Le Bridge+45.7%
Director, Health Analytics and Insights
$157,725 → $229,848
Allison Costello+42.3%
Director, Ontario Health Teams Policy and Operations
$167,338 → $238,097

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.

329 people were new to Health's list in 2025; 514 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Health →

By Year
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Top Positions
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