Rene Van Acker
University of Guelph/President and Vice-Chancellor
2025 Salary
$496,493Total compensation $500,621, including $4,128 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
#1University of Guelph
Years on List
192007–2025
Peak Salary
$496,4932025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2007–2025
$118,452 in 2007 is worth about $174,438 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Rene Van Acker was paid $496,493 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $270,679, an effective income-tax rate of about 44.4%. For comparison, the median President and Vice-chancellor on the 2025 list was paid $372,292; this salary is about 33% more. That is about 48% more than the $334,554 paid in 2024. Members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less after pension contributions, which this estimate leaves out.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$270,679
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~44.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~45.5%
- vs. 2025 President and Vice-chancellor median
- +33%
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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.