Transportation

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,710 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,710

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$231.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$135,202

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,798

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Transportation in 2025?

Douglas Jones, Deputy Minister, was paid $480,342 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,710 Transportation employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,798.

How has Transportation's Sunshine List changed?

Transportation listed 11 people in 1996 and 1,710 in 2025 — 155× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.2M to $231.5M, and the median salary moved from $110,110 to $127,798.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $110,110 in 1996 to $127,798 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K199620022008201320192025
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

#1Douglas Jones
$480,342
Deputy Minister
#2Felix Fung
$319,123
Assistant Deputy Minister, Transportation Safety
#3Wilfred Doidge
$300,899
Assistant Deputy Minister, Transportation Infrastructure Management
#4Tamara Gilbert
$275,068
Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Policy and Planning
#5James Pearce
$269,548
Assistant Deputy Minister, Transit Division
#6Alena Grunwald
$266,712
Director, System Optimization Policy
#7Melissa Djurakov
$266,558
Assistant Deputy Minister, Oversight and Agency Governance
#8Ewa Downarowicz
$258,672
Director, Transit Strategy and Implementation
#9Vrinda Vaidyanathan
$254,909
Director, Finance Branch
#10Alain Beaulieu
$250,562
Chief Engineer
#11Amanda Doobay-Kydd
$250,071
Director, Safety Program Development
#12Virginia Mckimm
$248,790
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services Division
#13Michael Mcrae
$244,035
Director, Metrolinx and Agencies Oversight
#14Brenda Augerman
$242,138
Assistant Deputy Minister, Commercial Transportation Safety and Enforcement
#15Shaleena Kitchlu
$238,747
Director, Business Services Transformation
#16Herbert Villneff
$236,607
Regional Director, North Region
#17Logan Purdy
$236,079
Regional Director, Central Region
#18John Mac Kinnon
$235,954
Area Manager Highway Engineering
#19Dianne Oliphant
$235,676
Director, Driver and Vehicle Services
#20Megan Chochla
$234,963
Director, Highway Transfer Secretariat
#21Gary Weiss
$233,099
Director, Northern Infrastructure and Partnerships
#22Kevin English
$231,522
Manager, Major Project Delivery
#23Rina Kulathinal
$228,497
Manager, Engineering Program Delivery
#24Bruce Cane
$228,023
Director, Standards and Contracts
#25Michele Mcgrath
$227,574
Director, Capital Program Delivery

See all 1,710 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

John Mac Kinnon at Transportation had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $121,404 to $235,769, up 94.2%.

John Mac Kinnon+94.2%
Area Manager Highway Engineering
$121,404 → $235,769
Felix Fung+46.9%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Transportation Safety
$217,080 → $318,835
Vrinda Vaidyanathan+57.8%
Director, Finance Branch
$161,413 → $254,681
Amit Sharma+78.0%
Area Manager Highway Engineering
$119,392 → $212,505
Ewa Downarowicz+55.7%
Director, Transit Strategy and Implementation
$165,973 → $258,435

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.

511 people were new to Transportation's list in 2025; 411 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Transportation →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people