Meghan De Souza
Legal Aid Ontario/Staff Lawyer, Summary Legal Advice/Avocate salariée, conseils juridiques sommaires
2025 Salary
$145,245Total compensation $145,583, 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
#251Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
102016–2025
Peak Salary
$154,1392024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2016–2025
$100,908 in 2016 is worth about $129,042 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Staff Lawyer, Summary Legal Advice/Avocate salariée, conseils juridiques sommairesLegal Aid Ontario | $145,245Benefits $339Total $145,583 |
| 2024 | Staff Lawyer, Summary Legal Advice/Avocate salariée, conseils juridiques sommairesLegal Aid Ontario | $154,139Benefits $260Total $154,399 |
| 2023 | Staff Lawyer, Summary Legal Advice/Avocate salariée, conseils juridiques sommairesLegal Aid Ontario / Aide juridique Ontario | $127,013Benefits $232Total $127,245 |
| 2022 | Staff Lawyer, Summary Legal Advice/Avocate salariée, conseils juridiques sommairesLegal Aid Ontario | $123,951Benefits $230Total $124,181 |
| 2021 | Supervisory Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service principale, Droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $120,641Benefits $2,021Total $122,662 |
| 2020 | Supervisory Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service principale, Droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $120,675Benefits $237Total $120,912 |
| 2019 | Supervisory Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service principale, Droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $114,819Benefits $256Total $115,075 |
| 2018 | Supervisory Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service principale, Droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $104,736Benefits $240Total $104,976 |
| 2017 | Supervisory Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service principale, Droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario / Aide Juridique Ontario | $102,500Benefits $213Total $102,713 |
| 2016 | Supervisory Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service principale, Droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $100,908Benefits $225Total $101,133 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Meghan De Souza's 2025 salary of $145,245 comes to roughly $101,178 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 26.5% effective) is deducted. It is down about 6% from the $154,139 paid in 2024. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 10 years in all, first in 2016. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$101,178
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.3%
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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.