John Sinclair
Legal Aid Ontario/Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocat de service en droit criminel
2025 Salary
$144,594Total compensation $144,933, including $339 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
#264Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
102016–2025
Peak Salary
$154,0192024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2016–2025
$100,408 in 2016 is worth about $128,403 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Of the $144,594 John Sinclair earned in 2025, roughly $100,809 would remain after income tax, CPP and EI, an all-in deduction rate of about 30.3%. For comparison, the median Duty Counsel Criminal on the 2025 list was paid $135,433; this salary is about 7% more. John Sinclair has appeared on the list 10 times since 2016. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Crown Agencies sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$100,809
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.3%
- vs. 2025 Duty Counsel Criminal median
- +7%
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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.