Assistant General Counsel Salary in Ontario (2025)
183 disclosed records, 1998–2025 · mostly Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation (68%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
6
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$236,829
+93.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$183,186–$261,895
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$268,731
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Assistant General Counsel" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Assistant General Counsel" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Leslie Chong at Liquor Control Board Of Ontario, with a salary of $268,731; the median among the 6 listed under this title was $236,829.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $236,829, a Assistant General Counsel keeps roughly $149,359 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 36.9% all-in), or about $12,447 a month. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 94% above it. The middle half of Assistant General Counsel salaries ran from $183,186 to $261,895. 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
- ~$149,359
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~34.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~36.9%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$12,447
Where does $236,829 rank on the Sunshine List? →
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.
Median by Year
2005–2025
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leslie ChongAssistant General Counsel / Avocat général adjoint ou avocate générale adjointe | $268,731 | $269,469 |
| 2 | Andrew CogswellAssistant General Counsel / Avocat général adjoint ou avocate générale adjointe | $261,895 | $262,633 |
| 3 | Peter CuffAssistant General Counsel | $248,513 | $249,634 |
| 4 | Evguenia ProkopievaAssistant General Counsel | $225,144 | $226,078 |
| 5 | Alexander HayAssistant General Counsel | $183,186 | $184,154 |
| 6 | Stephanie SimmonsAssistant General Counsel | $134,714 | $135,466 |
By Year
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About these figures
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure (the “Sunshine List”), which names every public-sector employee paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Figures are disclosed salaries, not market compensation: anyone in this position earning under $100,000 does not appear, so medians here sit above the true median for the job.
Medians and percentiles use salary paid (benefits excluded), computed over records whose filed job title was normalized into this position. Titles are as each employer filed them; spellings, word order and bilingual forms are merged. Employers and years with fewer than five people show counts only. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.