Queen's University

Also filed as Queen's (1997) and Queen's University at Kingston (1996).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,469 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,469

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$257.4M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$174,914

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$173,378

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Queen's University in 2025?

Jane Philpott, Chair, Connecting Every Ontarian to Primary Health Care Initiative, was paid $556,792 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,469 Queen's University employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $173,378.

How has Queen's University's Sunshine List changed?

Queen's University listed 66 people in 1996 and 1,469 in 2025 — 22× as many; payroll on the list went from $7.8M to $257.4M, and the median salary moved from $110,051 to $173,378.

How many Queen's University employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $110,051 in 1996 to $173,378 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K$180K199620022008201320192025
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

#1Jane Philpott
$556,792
Chair, Connecting Every Ontarian to Primary Health Care Initiative
#2Shai Dubey
$517,422
Lecturer
#3Elspeth Murray
$426,034
Director (Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact), Academic Director (Master of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship), Associate Professor
#4Patrick Deane
$419,290
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor
#5Paul Kubes
$415,192
Professor, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Immunophysiology and Immunotherapy
#6Greg Libitz
$408,057
Lecturer
#7Jim Hamilton
$395,295
Lecturer
#8Teri Shearer
$392,800
Deputy Provost, Associate Professor
#9Wei Wang
$383,559
Professor
#10Janet Dancey
$381,741
Professor, Eisenhauer Chair (Clinical Cancer Research), Chair (Canadian Cancer Trials Group)
#11Matthew Evans
$375,000
Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), Professor
#12Stephen Vanner
$364,865
Professor
#13R. Kerry Rowe
$363,515
Professor
#14Stephen Thomas
$362,868
Assistant Professor
#15Kevin Deluzio
$362,682
Dean, Professor
#16Julian Barling
$359,547
Professor
#17Lynnette Purda
$355,820
Dean, Smith School of Business, Professor
#18John Smol
$355,192
Professor, Distinguished Professor
#19Lisa Tannock
$350,000
Dean, Director (School of Medicine), Professor, Chief Executive Officer (Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization)
#20Sean Cleary
$345,861
Professor
#21Erica Pimentel
$340,383
Assistant Professor, Academic Director (Master of Financial Innovation and Technology)
#22Erin Webster
$339,228
Lecturer
#23Bertrand Malsch
$338,626
Associate Dean (Professional Graduate Programs), Professor
#24Barbara Crow
$337,710
Dean, Professor
#25Lesley Seymour
$333,371
Director (Investigational New Drug Program), Professor

See all 1,469 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

Robert Lemieux at Queen's University had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $137,995 to $331,190, up 140.0%.

Robert Lemieux+140.0%
Dean
$137,995 → $331,190
Ning Zhang+135.9%
Professor
$120,090 → $283,263
Stephen Thomas+52.3%
Assistant Professor
$238,065 → $362,596
Kristen Bolton+66.5%
Lecturer
$163,773 → $272,672
Erica Pimentel+44.6%
Assistant Professor, Academic Director (Master of Financial Innovation and Technology)
$235,343 → $340,383

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 Queen's University's list in 2025; 154 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Queen's University →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people