Legal Aid Ontario

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 597 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

597

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$83.1M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$138,634

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$138,741

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Legal Aid Ontario in 2025?

Aileen Page, President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale, was paid $285,129 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 597 Legal Aid Ontario employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $138,741.

How has Legal Aid Ontario's Sunshine List changed?

Legal Aid Ontario listed 5 people in 1999 and 597 in 2025 — 119× as many; payroll on the list went from $585K to $83.1M, and the median salary moved from $115,467 to $138,741.

How many Legal Aid Ontario employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 27 yearly values of median salary, from $115,467 in 1999 to $138,741 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K199920052010201420192025
Median salary, 1999–2025. 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

#1Aileen Page
$285,129
President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale
#2David Field
$266,050
President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général
#3Janet Budgell
$249,090
Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs/Vice-président, Stratégie et Affaires publiques
#4Faheem Patel
$241,212
Lead, Infrastructure Architect/Responsable, Architect en infrastructure
#5Abigail Dwosh
$226,633
Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer/ Vice-présidente et cheffe de l'administration
#6Vadim Jakobson
$224,193
Vice President, Operations /Vice-président, Opérations
#7W.Roderick Strain
$222,098
Vice President, Clinic, Immigration and Refugee Law Services/Vice-président, Cliniques, Services en droit de l’immigration et des réfugiés
#8Marinella Vanstone
$205,117
Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs/Vice-présidente, Stratégies et relations publiques
#9Neil Gregson
$203,870
Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel
#10Randall Ellsworth
$198,380
Vice President, Regional Services/Vice-président, Services régionaux
#11Lisa Banerjee Wood
$191,570
Director General, Central East District/Directrice générale, district du Centre East
#12Darcy Deslauriers
$191,195
Director, Special Project, Business Process Review/Directeur, Projets spéciaux, Examen des modes de fonctionnement
#13Hassan Abshir Hassan
$191,195
Chief Financial Officer/Directeur général des finances
#14Moya Teklu
$191,195
Director, Policy /Directrice, Service des politiques
#15Andreas Asmus
$191,119
Director General, North District/Directeur général, district du Nord
#16Lisa Bernstein
$190,445
Director, External Relations/Directrice, Relations extérieures
#17Amy Britton Cox
$190,445
Executive Advisor/Conseillère exécutive
#18Cynthia Harper
$190,445
Director, Client and Legal Services/Directrice, Services juridiques et services aux clients
#19June Kim
$189,401
Director, Business Law/Directrice, droit des affaires
#20Laura Baker
$189,243
Director, Client and Legal Services/Directrice, Services juridiques et services aux clients
#21Margaret Shoemaker
$187,575
Director, Legal Aid Ontario Law/Directrice, Aide Juridique Ontario Law
#22Matthew Hammond
$186,825
Director General, Central West District/Directeur général, District du Centre-Ouest
#23Marcus Pratt
$186,485
Senior Advisor/Conseiller principal
#24Kirstie Bloomfield
$185,829
Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel
#25Paula Beard
$185,735
Director, Senior Counsel/Directrice, Avocate principale

See all 597 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

Aileen Page at Legal Aid Ontario had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $190,027 to $284,522, up 49.7%.

Aileen Page+49.7%
President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale
$190,027 → $284,522
Faheem Patel+42.2%
Lead, Infrastructure Architect/Responsable, Architect en infrastructure
$169,098 → $240,384
Paul-Andre Macleod+48.6%
Manager of Legal Services/Chef des services juridiques
$108,919 → $161,823
Linh Le+40.9%
Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille
$100,726 → $141,966
Vadim Jakobson+22.0%
Vice President, Operations /Vice-président, Opérations
$183,308 → $223,721

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.

81 people were new to Legal Aid Ontario's list in 2025; 68 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Legal Aid Ontario →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people