Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 40 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

40

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$5.4M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,244

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$116,419

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat in 2025?

Margaret Froh, President, was paid $455,707 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 40 Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $116,419.

How has Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat's Sunshine List changed?

Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat listed 4 people in 2017 and 40 in 2025 — 10× as many; payroll on the list went from $480K to $5.4M, and the median salary moved from $112,712 to $116,419.

How many Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 9 yearly values of median salary, from $112,712 in 2017 to $116,419 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K201720192020202220232025
Median salary, 2017–2025. 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

#1Margaret Froh
$455,707
President
#2Joanne Meyer
$251,892
Chief Operating Officer
#3Dale Leclair
$226,712
Chief Executive Officer
#4Sharon Cadeau
$183,718
Chair
#5Jennifer St. Germain
$181,378
Chief Strategy Officer
#6Mary Ellen Jessop
$153,456
Director of Finance
#7Emily Paterson
$136,990
Director of Community Wellbeing
#8Mitchell Case
$134,818
Regional Councillor
#9Jo M Young
$132,185
Regional Councillor
#10Brian Black
$128,866
Director of Self Government
#11Shelley Cripps
$128,866
Director of Healing and Wellness
#12Linda Norheim Brookes
$128,866
Director of Lands Resources and Consultations
#13Bryanna Scott-Kay Phd
$128,866
Director of Education and Training
#14Marc St. Germain
$128,866
Director of Communications
#15Emily Ellis
$128,228
Director of Legal Services branch and Legal Council
#16Zachary Thiffault
$128,228
Director of Métis Rights, Claims and Litigation and Legal Counsel
#17Jacques Picotte
$128,135
Regional Councillor
#18Theresa Stenlund
$128,135
Regional Councillor
#19Suzanne Fortin
$128,080
Regional Councillor
#20Mark Brunzell
$126,490
Director of Information and Communication Technology
#21Eisha Shah
$116,709
Human Resources Business Partner
#22Sharon Ebbers
$116,648
Manager of Accounting
#23Cindi Rye
$115,140
Director of Housing and Infrastructure
#24Andre Lefebvre
$112,522
Associate Director of Governance
#25Greg Garratt
$107,135
Regional Councillor

See all 40 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

Margaret Froh at Metis Nation Of Ontario Secretariat had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $228,731 to $345,089, up 50.9%.

Margaret Froh+50.9%
President
$228,731 → $345,089
Joanne Meyer+26.9%
Chief Operating Officer
$198,539 → $251,892
Mark Brunzell+9.8%
Director of Information and Communication Technology
$114,481 → $125,742
Shelley Cripps+5.0%
Director of Healing and Wellness
$122,053 → $128,117
Linda Norheim Brookes+4.9%
Director of Lands Resources and Consultations
$122,076 → $128,117

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.

22 people were new to Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat's list in 2025; 6 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Metis Nation of Ontario Secretariat →

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