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Lorne Kinsella

Metrolinx/Creative Director / Directeur artistique

2025 Salary

$195,790

Total compensation $196,536, including $746 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

#373

Metrolinx

Years on List

11

2015–2025

Peak Salary

$196,771

2024

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Total Compensation History

Total compensation by yearLine chart of 11 yearly values of total compensation, from $123,675 in 2015 to $196,536 in 2025.$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K201520172019202120232025
Total compensation, 2015–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold.

Full History
2015–2025

$123,531 in 2015 is worth about $160,219 in 2025 dollars.

Full salary history, by year
YearPositionSalary
2025Creative Director / Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$195,790Benefits $746Total $196,536
2024Creative Director / Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$196,771Benefits $738Total $197,509
2023Creative Director / Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx / Metrolinx$171,212Benefits $708Total $171,920
2022Creative Director / Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$157,866Benefits $208Total $158,074
2021Creative Director/Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$154,601Benefits $205Total $154,806
2020Creative Director/Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$110,840Benefits $193Total $111,032
2019Creative Director/Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$130,354Benefits $173Total $130,527
2018Creative Director/Directeur artistiqueMetrolinx$134,966Benefits $160Total $135,127
2017Manager, Digital and Creative Services/Gestionnaire, Services créatifs et numériquesMetrolinx$128,141Benefits $150Total $128,292
2016Creative Account Lead / Chef de compte, CréativitéMetrolinx$117,993Benefits $138Total $118,131
2015Manager, Creative Services / Gestionnaire, Services créatifsMetrolinx$123,531Benefits $145Total $123,675

Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate

Take-home on Lorne Kinsella's 2025 salary of $195,790 comes to roughly $128,527 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 31.5% effective) is deducted. That is about the same as the $196,771 paid in 2024. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 11 years in all, first in 2015. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Crown Agencies sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.

Estimated net pay
~$128,527
Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
~31.5%
CPP + EI contributions
~$5,507
All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
~34.4%

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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.

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