David Burns
Legal Aid Ontario/Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocat de service en droit criminel
2025 Salary
$151,154Total compensation $151,515, including $362 in taxable benefits.
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure — names paid $100,000 or more that year. How we build this · Report an error on this page
At a Glance
2025
Employer Rank
#211Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
82018–2025
Peak Salary
$168,9802024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2018–2025
$118,450 in 2018 is worth about $145,798 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
David Burns was paid $151,154 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $104,521, an effective income-tax rate of about 27.2%. That is about 12% above the 2025 median of $135,433 for Duty Counsel Criminal on the Sunshine List. It is down about 11% from the $168,980 paid in 2024. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$104,521
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.9%
- vs. 2025 Duty Counsel Criminal median
- +12%
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Estimate only: 2025 federal and Ontario rates, basic personal amounts, Canada employment amount and CPP/EI credits; single, employment income only, salary treated as full-year income. Ignores pension contributions (OMERS, HOOPP, OTPP, OPTrust and similar plans lower actual take-home), union dues, RRSPs and benefits.