Information and Privacy Commissioner

Also filed as Information & Privacy Commissioner (2006–2013, 2015) and Information & Privacy (2005).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 118 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

118

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$17.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$150,515

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$129,715

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Information and Privacy Commissioner in 2025?

Patricia Kosseim, Commissioner / Commissaire, was paid $335,863 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 118 Information and Privacy Commissioner employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $129,715.

How has Information and Privacy Commissioner's Sunshine List changed?

Information and Privacy Commissioner listed 12 people in 2003 and 118 in 2025 — 9.8× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.8M to $17.8M, and the median salary moved from $155,372 to $129,715.

How many Information and Privacy Commissioner employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 22 yearly values of median salary, from $155,372 in 2003 to $129,715 in 2025. No data for 2004.$100K$120K$140K$160K$180K200320082012201620202025
Median salary, 2003–2025. 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

#1Patricia Kosseim
$335,863
Commissioner / Commissaire
#2Manuela Di Re
$312,445
Director, Legal and General Counsel / Directrice, Services juridiques et avocate générale
#3Michael Maddock
$310,615
Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Initiatives External Relations / Commissaire adjoint, initiatives stratégiques et relations extérieures
#4William Challis
$302,799
Legal Counsel / Avocat
#5Brendan Gray
$283,075
Legal Counsel / Avocat
#6Dara Lambie
$283,075
Legal Counsel / Avocate
#7Linda Chen
$278,091
Legal Counsel / Avocate
#8Stephen Mccammon
$278,091
Legal Counsel / Avocat
#9Robert Samuels
$278,091
Legal Counsel / Avocat
#10James Schneider
$278,091
Legal Counsel / Avocat
#11Stephanie Haly
$260,184
Director, Adjudication / Directrice, arbitrage
#12Marcus Foulon
$245,387
Chief Operating Officer / Directeur général des opérations
#13Fida Hindi
$229,386
Legal Counsel / Avocate
#14Andrea Corlett
$203,012
Director, Communications / Directrice, communications
#15Suzanne Brocklehurst
$196,443
Director, Early Resolution / Directrice, Règlement anticipé
#16Stephan Luciw
$190,860
Assistant Commissioner, Tribunal and Dispute Resolution / Commissaire adjoint, Services de tribunal administratif et de règlement des différends
#17Sandra Ferguson
$183,266
Director, Policy / Directrice, politiques
#18Jodi Gentles
$173,899
Legal Counsel / Avocate
#19Andrew Drummond
$168,717
Director, Health Policy / Directeur, Politique de santé
#20Catherine Corban
$168,491
Manager, Adjudication / Chef, arbitrage
#21Jane Laughton
$167,967
Manager, Human Resources / Chef des ressources humaines
#22Lucy Costa
$167,219
Manager, Investigation / Chef des enquêtes
#23Stella Ball
$165,371
Manager, Adjudication / Chef, arbitrage
#24Christopher Parsons
$164,755
Director, Technology Policy / Directeur, Politique technologique
#25Colin Bhattacharjee
$162,802
Adjudicator / Arbitre

See all 118 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

Stephanie Haly at Information And Privacy Commissioner had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $177,101 to $259,895, up 46.7%.

Stephanie Haly+46.7%
Director, Adjudication / Directrice, arbitrage
$177,101 → $259,895
Michael Maddock+12.4%
Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Initiatives External Relations / Commissaire adjoint, initiatives stratégiques et relations extérieures
$276,053 → $310,231
James Schneider+10.7%
Legal Counsel / Avocat
$250,831 → $277,756
Linda Chen+9.0%
Legal Counsel / Avocate
$254,804 → $277,756
Christopher Parsons+13.9%
Director, Technology Policy / Directeur, Politique technologique
$144,521 → $164,538

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.

20 people were new to Information and Privacy Commissioner's list in 2025; 7 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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Top Positions
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