Long-Term Care

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 496 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

496

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$66.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$134,145

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$132,629

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Long-Term Care in 2025?

Melissa Thomson, Deputy Minister, was paid $384,445 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 496 Long-Term Care employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $132,629.

How has Long-Term Care's Sunshine List changed?

Long-Term Care listed 75 people in 2020 and 496 in 2025 — 6.6× as many; payroll on the list went from $9.2M to $66.6M, and the median salary moved from $109,319 to $132,629.

How many Long-Term Care employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 6 yearly values of median salary, from $109,319 in 2020 to $132,629 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K202020212022202320242025
Median salary, 2020–2025. 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

#1Melissa Thomson
$384,445
Deputy Minister
#2Peter Kaftarian
$348,787
Deputy Minister
#3Sean Court
$284,169
Assistant Deputy Minister, Long-Term Care Policy
#4Jeffrey Graham
$270,150
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Administrative Officer
#5Sandra Lawson
$267,914
Assistant Deputy Minister, Long-Term Care Operations
#6James Stewart
$245,434
Assistant Deputy Minister, Long-Term Care Capital Development
#7Lindsey Harrold
$239,246
Director, Funding and Programs
#8Gillian Steeve
$235,481
Assistant Deputy Minister, System Planning and Partnerships
#9Peter Spadoni
$230,962
Director, Communications
#10Kelci Gershon
$221,922
Director, Long-Term Care Policy and Modernization
#11Carol Strachan
$220,650
Director, Long-Term Care Staffing
#12Bradley Robinson
$218,529
Director, Long-Term Care Inspections
#13Adriana Ibarguchi
$216,971
Director, Long-Term Care Response
#14Hindy Ross
$210,372
Director, Capital Program Management
#15Christine Loureiro
$209,882
Director, Service System Planning and Operational Issues
#16Emily Cohen-Henry
$208,010
Director, System Planning and Partnerships
#17Jonathan Riddell
$204,331
Director, Finance
#18Nadine Rhodd
$201,747
Director, Operational Policy and Implementation
#19Kaka Cheng
$201,274
Director, Strategic Human Resources and Corporate Management
#20Amanda Baine
$200,037
Director, Strategic Initiatives
#21Stephanie Soo
$185,496
Executive Assistant
#22Gary Thompson
$181,435
Director, Capital Planning
#23Kathryn Dubois
$180,389
Manager, Strategic Business Unit
#24Tammy Szymanowski
$176,657
Senior Manager
#25Maria Pesce
$173,987
Manager, Service System Planning

See all 496 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

Sean Court at Long-Term Care had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $191,191 to $283,898, up 48.5%.

Sean Court+48.5%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Long-Term Care Policy
$191,191 → $283,898
Adriana Ibarguchi+74.1%
Director, Long-Term Care Response
$124,510 → $216,730
Melissa Thomson+30.8%
Deputy Minister
$293,605 → $384,075
Jeffrey Graham+49.3%
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Administrative Officer
$180,771 → $269,893
Peter Spadoni+56.8%
Director, Communications
$147,155 → $230,739

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.

127 people were new to Long-Term Care's list in 2025; 51 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Long-Term Care →

By Year
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Top Positions
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