Kinark Child and Family Services

Also filed as Kinark Child and Family Srvc Corp (markham) (2017–2018) and Kinark Child & Family Services (2003–2005, 2007–2013).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 78 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

78

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$9.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$126,345

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$115,096

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Kinark Child and Family Services in 2025?

Cathy Paul, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $316,266 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 78 Kinark Child and Family Services employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $115,096.

How has Kinark Child and Family Services' Sunshine List changed?

Kinark Child and Family Services listed 1 people in 1996 and 78 in 2025 — 78× as many; payroll on the list went from $118K to $9.9M, and the median salary moved from $115,980 to $115,096.

How many Kinark Child and Family Services employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $115,980 in 1996 to $115,096 in 2025.$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K$225K199620022008201320192025
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

#1Cathy Paul
$316,266
President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Cynthia Weaver
$281,492
Chief Operating Officer
#3Mohamed Shafeek
$268,443
Chief Administrative Officer
#4Carol Mcfarlane
$194,486
Vice President, Business Development
#5James Mcnamee
$173,856
Director, Forensic Programs and Services
#6Alvin Cheng
$166,422
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
#7Laurel Johnson
$161,668
Clinical Director, Children's Mental Health
#8Zhenqi (Kevin) Yi
$158,525
Director of Finance and Business Transformation
#9Joanne Jones
$155,235
Director, Child Youth Mental Health
#10Xian (Eva) Liu
$154,665
Senior Director, People and Culture
#11Gokul Kalaimani
$149,311
Director, Information Technology
#12Scott Bark
$149,256
Senior Director, Autism Services
#13Kimberly Goodman
$148,645
Director of Growth
#14Alex Elkader
$142,128
Senior Director, Planning and Research
#15Kofi-Len Belfon
$137,128
Associate Clinical Director
#16Melissa Ball
$134,538
Clinical Director, Autism
#17Catherine Boath
$132,103
Associate Director, People and Culture
#18Graham Mcmonies Trull
$131,093
Clinical Lead
#19Salena Mohammed
$130,070
Nurse Practitioner, Senior Nurse Manager
#20Kelli Lynn Phythian
$129,964
Associate Director, Research and Analytics
#21Megan Hancock
$128,521
Psychologist and Clinical Lead
#22Jessica Strand
$126,688
Clinical Services Manager
#23Elisha Van Harte
$126,160
Clinical Lead
#24Aleksandra Aitchison Aitchison
$125,104
Senior Manager, Employee and Labour Relations
#25Kelli Blum
$124,667
Clinical Lead

See all 78 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

Cynthia Weaver at Kinark Child And Family Services had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $234,409 to $281,181, up 20.0%.

Cynthia Weaver+20.0%
Chief Operating Officer
$234,409 → $281,181
Cathy Paul+13.7%
President and Chief Executive Officer
$277,764 → $315,955
Mohamed Shafeek+14.0%
Chief Administrative Officer
$235,302 → $268,132
Jessica Strand+10.4%
Clinical Services Manager
$114,472 → $126,429
Michael Saxton+6.8%
Psychologist
$110,022 → $117,552

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.

17 people were new to Kinark Child and Family Services's list in 2025; 10 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Kinark Child and Family Services →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people