Ontario Heritage Trust

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 27 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

27

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$139,335

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$128,388

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Ontario Heritage Trust in 2025?

Wayne Kelly, Director, Heritage Programs, was paid $235,390 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 27 Ontario Heritage Trust employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $128,388.

How has Ontario Heritage Trust's Sunshine List changed?

Ontario Heritage Trust listed 2 people in 2005 and 27 in 2025 — 14× as many; payroll on the list went from $246K to $3.8M, and the median salary moved from $122,687 to $128,388.

How many Ontario Heritage Trust employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 21 yearly values of median salary, from $122,687 in 2005 to $128,388 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K200520092014201620212025
Median salary, 2005–2025. 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

#1Wayne Kelly
$235,390
Director, Heritage Programs
#2Janet Gates
$232,849
Director, Special Projects
#3Paul Dempsey
$222,108
Director, Corporate Business and Services
#4Helen Chimirri-Russell
$211,743
Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Heritage Trust
#5Gail Packwood
$201,648
Senior Manager, General Manager
#6Christopher Mahood
$153,876
Operations Manager
#7Dawson Bridger
$151,300
Manager, Special Projects
#8Erin Semande
$141,770
Manager, Public Education, Operations and Community Development
#9Katherine Low Lacroix
$138,295
Manager, Marketing and Business Development
#10Silvana Russo
$136,644
Executive Assistant
#11Bardia Babaee-Semiromi
$134,896
Team Leader, Information Technology
#12Jamie Joudrey
$134,746
Manager, Acquisitions and Conservation Services
#13Leroy Shum
$132,251
Heritage Architect
#14Olubusola Popoola
$128,539
Manager of Financial Services and Information Technology
#15Arben Stringa
$125,250
Team Leader, Information Technology
#16Christopher Maceachern
$120,508
Team Lead
#17Derek Dresser
$119,465
Building Operations Manager
#18Janice Findlay
$113,506
Property Manager
#19Gordon Pim
$106,233
Senior Web Communications and Marketing Specialist
#20Ellen Flowers
$105,982
Marketing and Communications Manager
#21Lori Mclean
$105,560
Front of House Manager
#22Leeza Gheerawo
$104,851
Digital Content Strategist
#23Ashleigh Bell
$104,739
Capital Project Manager
#24Jianqing Wang
$102,401
Senior Accountant
#25Alexander Mccorquodale
$101,669
Property Manager

See all 27 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

Wayne Kelly at Ontario Heritage Trust had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $162,098 to $235,161, up 45.1%.

Wayne Kelly+45.1%
Director, Heritage Programs
$162,098 → $235,161
Janet Gates+28.3%
Director, Special Projects
$181,320 → $232,599
Gail Packwood+33.5%
Senior Manager, General Manager
$151,095 → $201,648
Paul Dempsey+19.4%
Director, Corporate Business and Services
$185,842 → $221,858
Dawson Bridger+29.0%
Manager, Special Projects
$117,179 → $151,138

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.

6 people were new to Ontario Heritage Trust's list in 2025; 5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Ontario Heritage Trust →

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