Chief Development Officer Salary in Ontario (2025)
136 disclosed records, 2004–2025 · mostly Other Public Sector Employers (74%)
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
18
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$203,564
+66.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$153,699–$252,066
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$367,463
Who is the highest-paid Chief Development Officer in Ontario?
The highest-paid Chief Development Officer on the 2025 Sunshine List was Sarah Davis at Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, with a salary of $367,463; the median among the 18 listed under this title was $203,564.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Chief Development Officer paid the 2025 median of $203,564 would take home roughly $132,399 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $11,033 a month, an effective rate of about 32.3%. The middle half of Chief Development Officer salaries ran from $153,699 to $252,066. That is about 66% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$132,399
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$11,033
Where does $203,564 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 | Sarah Davis | Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation | Chief Development Officer | $367,463 | $387,120 |
| 2 | Ali Kashani | YMCA Of Greater Toronto | Chief Development Officer | $278,804 | $279,416 |
| 3 | Lindsay Groves | Right To Play International | Chief Development Officer | $270,300 | $279,703 |
| 4 | Janet Johnson | Canadian Red Cross Society | Chief Development Officer | $254,457 | $255,141 |
| 5 | Clifford Youdale | Ottawa Community Housing Corporation | Chief Development Officer | $252,066 | $258,443 |
| 6 | Katherine Halpenny | Art Gallery Of Ontario | Chief, Development Officer | $247,083 | $248,671 |
| 7 | Anita Carroll | Accessible Community Counselling And Employment Services (ACCES) | Chief Development Officer | $232,556 | $245,747 |
| 8 | Janet Lynn Park | Governing Council Of The Salvation Army In Canada | Chief Development Officer/Officiere en Chef Territoriale du Développement | $225,291 | $240,326 |
| 9 | Firoozeh Radjai | Pathways To Education Canada | Chief Development Officer | $210,000 | $223,088 |
| 10 | Jessica Litwin | Toronto Festival Of Arts Culture And Creativity | Chief Development Officer | $197,128 | $198,025 |
By Year
Related Positions
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.