University of Guelph

Also filed as Guelph (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,504 employees earning $100K+

Universities

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,504

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$249.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$164,997

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$151,779

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at University of Guelph in 2025?

Rene Van Acker, President and Vice-Chancellor, was paid $500,621 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,504 University of Guelph employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $151,779.

How has University of Guelph's Sunshine List changed?

University of Guelph listed 36 people in 1996 and 1,504 in 2025 — 42× as many; payroll on the list went from $4.1M to $249.3M, and the median salary moved from $105,273 to $151,779.

How many University of Guelph employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $105,273 in 1996 to $151,779 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K199620022008201320192025
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

#1Rene Van Acker
$500,621
President and Vice-Chancellor
#2Charlotte Yates
$410,192
President and Vice-Chancellor
#3William Rosehart
$393,713
Provost and Vice President Academic
#4Sharmilla Rasheed
$381,987
Vice President, Finance and Operations
#5Moncef Nehdi
$362,075
Dean, College of Engineering
#6Sara Mann
$357,906
Dean, Gordon S Lang School of Business and Economics
#7Shayan Sharif
$346,029
Vice President, Research and Innovation
#8Jason Moreton
$342,359
Vice President External
#9Amar Mohanty
$336,488
Professor and Distinguished Research Chair
#10Paul Hebert
$334,530
Professor and Director, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
#11Jeffrey Wichtel
$326,944
Dean, Ontario Veterinary College
#12John Cranfield
$323,586
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
#13Maz Fallah
$319,850
Dean, College of Biological Science
#14Byron Sheldrick
$310,304
Associate Vice President, Academic
#15Brigitte Brisson
$306,898
Professor
#16Uwafiokun Idemudia
$305,532
Dean, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
#17Kevin Keener
$304,477
Professor
#18Evan Fraser
$302,060
Professor and Director, Arrell Food Institute
#19Carolyn Kerr
$300,852
Professor
#20Barbara Morrongiello-Gottlieb
$295,971
Professor
#21Samantha Brennan
$294,996
Dean, College of Arts
#22Melanie Spence-Ariemma
$293,999
Vice Provost and Chief Academic Officer
#23Alexander Valverde
$293,120
Professor
#24Alejandro Marangoni
$292,134
Professor
#25John Walsh
$291,549
Professor

See all 1,504 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

Rene Van Acker at University Of Guelph had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $334,554 to $496,493, up 48.4%.

Rene Van Acker+48.4%
President and Vice-Chancellor
$334,554 → $496,493
Anna Bolinder+70.9%
Veterinarian and Director, Animal Care Services
$165,974 → $283,639
Sae Rom Lee+82.4%
Associate Professor
$109,395 → $199,492
Shayan Sharif+34.5%
Vice President, Research and Innovation
$256,380 → $344,904
Sharmilla Rasheed+28.3%
Vice President, Finance and Operations
$295,494 → $379,224

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.

329 people were new to University of Guelph's list in 2025; 163 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at University of Guelph →

By Year
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Top Positions
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