Counsel Salary in Ontario (2025)
12,639 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario - Ministries (88%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
737
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$243,487
+99.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$166,874–$326,312
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$387,503
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.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | 650 | $257,521 | $387,503 |
| Tribunals Ontario | 14 | $303,344 | $326,508 |
| City of Toronto – Police Service | 7 | $194,627 | $200,536 |
| Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario | 6 | $204,293 | $245,500 |
| Ombudsman Ontario | 6 | $136,974 | $159,078 |
| York University | 6 | $132,110 | $175,947 |
| Ontario Human Rights Commission | 5 | $268,803 | $326,264 |
| Ontario Energy Board | 5 | $217,321 | $271,018 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 5 | $132,519 | $162,741 |
| Children's Aid Society of the Region of Peel | 5 | $131,377 | $136,148 |
| Hamilton Child and Family Supports | 5 | $131,313 | $131,313 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Attorney General | Counsel | $387,503 | $387,829 |
| 2 | Kevin Bell | Attorney General | Counsel | $355,521 | $355,871 |
| 3 | Myra Hewitt | Attorney General | Counsel | $355,521 | $355,871 |
| 4 | Caryl Silver | Attorney General | Counsel | $332,439 | $332,770 |
| 5 | Danielle Meuleman | Attorney General | Counsel | $332,307 | $332,633 |
| 6 | Julie Lando | Attorney General | Counsel | $331,492 | $331,814 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Pannella | Attorney General | Counsel | $331,492 | $331,814 |
| 8 | Jacqueline Wall | Attorney General | Counsel | $331,492 | $331,818 |
| 9 | Christopher Wayland | Attorney General | Counsel | $331,492 | $331,818 |
| 10 | Kelly Beale | Attorney General | Counsel | $331,332 | $331,659 |
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. Last updated 2026-09-05.