Tourism

Also filed as Tourism & Recreation (2003–2004), Tourism and Recreation (2002) and Tourism, Culture & Recreation (2001).

Ontario Sunshine List 2009 · 16 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries
Data ends in 2009. Tourism has no records in the 2025 Sunshine List — it may have been renamed, merged into another organization, or no longer report under this name. Search for its current listing.

At a Glance
2009

Employee Count

16

2009 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$2.1M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$130,233

2009 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$128,050

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Tourism in 2009?

Andrew Fagan, Deputy Minister, Tourism/Culture, was paid $194,611 in 2009 — the highest total compensation among 16 Tourism employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $128,050.

How has Tourism's Sunshine List changed?

Tourism listed 2 people in 1999 and 16 in 2009 — 8.0× as many; payroll on the list went from $314K to $2.1M, and the median salary moved from $152,925 to $128,050. It has not appeared under this name since 2009.

How many Tourism employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 11 yearly values of median salary, from $152,925 in 1999 to $128,050 in 2009.$100K$120K$140K$160K199920012003200520072009
Median salary, 1999–2009. 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
2009

#1Andrew Fagan
$194,611
Deputy Minister, Tourism/Culture
#2Michael Kurts
$180,047
Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Policy & Development Division
#3Shirley Phillips
$149,206
Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Planning & Operations Division
#4Jennifer A. Lang
$140,839
Director, Communications Branch
#5Michael Langford
$135,983
Director, Investment Development Office
#6Sergio Buonocore
$133,868
General Manager, Fort William Historical Parks
#7Sheila K. Larmer
$131,797
Director, 1812 Commemoration
#8Jan E. Gray
$129,522
General Manager, Huronia Historical Parks
#9Joan P. Macdonald
$127,011
Director, Tourism Policy & Research Branch
#10Deborah E. Brown
$120,235
Director, Tourism Agencies Branch
#11Debbie A. Jewell
$114,783
Manager, Product Development & Client Services
#12Boni Fox Gray
$108,877
Assistant Director
#13Alekos Athanassakos
$107,975
Team Leader, Research & Industry Competitiveness
#14Lorrie G. Pella
$107,778
Manager, VANOC 2010 Secretariat (Vancouver 2010)
#15Peter J. Evans
$107,263
Executive Assistant to Deputy Minister
#16Sheila De Cuyper
$104,599
Manager, Tourism Competitiveness Study

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2008 → 2009

No qualifying raises were computed for the 2009 Sunshine List.

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.

10 people were new to Tourism's list in 2009; 7 who were on it in 2008 were not. See the full 2009 roster →

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