Controller Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,644 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation (49%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
66
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$142,389
+16.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$126,833–$168,712
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$218,628
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Controller" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Controller" on the 2025 Sunshine List was M Lou Mitton at McMaster University, with a salary of $218,628; the median among the 66 listed under this title was $142,389.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Controller paid the 2025 median of $142,389 would take home roughly $99,562 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $8,297 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 30.1%. The middle half of Controller salaries ran from $126,833 to $168,712. 66 people were listed under this title in 2025. 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
- ~$99,562
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.1%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,297
Where does $142,389 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 | M Lou MittonController | $218,628 | $218,973 |
| 2 | Patricia HancockController | $212,397 | $212,841 |
| 3 | Vi (Vince) TruongController | $210,528 | $211,962 |
| 4 | Diana CaputoController / Contrôleuse | $209,380 | $209,909 |
| 5 | Mai VoController / Contrôleuse | $209,299 | $209,921 |
| 6 | Jennifer MccannController | $208,533 | $208,658 |
| 7 | Ryan PalmerController | $205,991 | $206,090 |
| 8 | Chad McleodController | $202,426 | $202,698 |
| 9 | Laisan ChenController | $187,767 | $188,142 |
| 10 | Jay ChanthavongController | $183,329 | $186,110 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.