Chief Salary in Ontario (2025)
158 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (49%)
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
10
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$123,923
+1.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$112,022–$171,327
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$384,534
Who is the highest-paid Chief in Ontario?
The highest-paid Chief on the 2025 Sunshine List was Andrew Evans at MacKenzie Health, with a salary of $384,534; the median among the 10 listed under this title was $123,923.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Chief median of $123,923 comes to about 23.6%, leaving roughly $89,112 a year — about $7,426 a month. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 1% above it. The 2025 list carries 10 people filed as Chief. Most Hospitals & Boards of Public Health employees belong to HOOPP, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$89,112
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,426
Where does $123,923 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
Median salary paid among disclosed records. 2023 is absent: job titles were not disclosed that year. Years with fewer than five people are omitted.
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Evans | MacKenzie Health | Chief | $384,534 | $385,336 |
| 2 | Wayne Smith | Naicatchewenin First Nation | Chief | $212,275 | $212,275 |
| 3 | Tanya Galway | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board | Chief | $171,327 | $171,430 |
| 4 | Joanne Dean | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board | Chief | $170,491 | $170,594 |
| 5 | Patrick Harkins | MacKenzie Health | Chief | $127,890 | $128,335 |
| 6 | Karen Bell | Garden River First Nation | Chief | $119,955 | $119,955 |
| 7 | Patsy Corbiere | Aundeck-omni-kaning First Nation | Chief | $118,518 | $136,296 |
| 8 | Louis Kwissiwa | Pic Mobert First Nation | Chief | $112,022 | $120,468 |
| 9 | Carla Duncan | Muskrat Dam First Nation | Chief | $110,102 | $110,102 |
| 10 | Wesley Big George | Anishinaabeg Of Naongashiing First Nation | Chief | $100,505 | $100,505 |
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. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.