Peter Westgate
Attorney General/General Counsel
2025 Salary
$359,327Total compensation $359,682, including $355 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
#72Attorney General
Years on List
242001–2025
Peak Salary
$359,3272025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2001–2025
$160,142 in 2001 is worth about $268,868 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Peter Westgate's 2025 salary of $359,327 comes to roughly $206,936 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 40.9% effective) is deducted. It is up about 48% on the $243,218 paid in 2024. For comparison, the median General Counsel on the 2025 list was paid $262,041; this salary is about 37% more. Most Government of Ontario – Ministries employees belong to PSPP or OPTrust, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$206,936
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~40.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~42.4%
- vs. 2025 General Counsel median
- +37%
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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.