Karen Veenstra
Legal Aid Ontario/Duty Counsel, Hybrid/Avocate de service, droit de la famille et droit criminel
2025 Salary
$153,495Total compensation $153,857, 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
#193Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
42022–2025
Peak Salary
$168,6212024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2022–2025
$132,872 in 2022 is worth about $144,296 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Duty Counsel, Hybrid/Avocate de service, droit de la famille et droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $153,495Benefits $362Total $153,857 |
| 2024 | Staff Lawyer/Avocate salariéeLegal Aid Ontario | $168,621Benefits $281Total $168,903 |
| 2023 | Staff Lawyer/Avocate salariéeLegal Aid Ontario / Aide juridique Ontario | $135,637Benefits $246Total $135,884 |
| 2022 | Staff Lawyer/Avocate salariéeLegal Aid Ontario | $132,872Benefits $246Total $133,118 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Karen Veenstra's 2025 salary of $153,495 comes to roughly $105,809 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 27.5% effective) is deducted. At Legal Aid Ontario, 597 people made the 2025 list with a median salary of $138,741; Karen Veenstra's total compensation of $153,857 ranked #193. Karen Veenstra has appeared on the list 4 times since 2022. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$105,809
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.1%
- vs. 2025 Duty Counsel Hybrid median
- +19%
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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.