Data Scientist Salary in Ontario (2025)
102 disclosed records, 2016–2025 · mostly Crown Agencies (40%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
37
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$116,262
-4.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$107,239–$126,797
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$144,911
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metrolinx | 8 | $116,412 | $135,350 |
| Children, Community and Social Services | 6 | $124,232 | $144,911 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feaven Sahle | Children, Community and Social Services | Data Scientist | $144,911 | $145,062 |
| 2 | Song Meng | Ontario Securities Commission | Data Scientist / Scientifique de données | $136,573 | $137,292 |
| 3 | Simon Drakeford | Children, Community and Social Services | Data Scientist | $136,305 | $136,455 |
| 4 | Ali Yazdizadeh | Metrolinx | Data Scientist / Scientifique des données | $135,350 | $136,010 |
| 5 | Zhiming Pan | Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario | Data Scientist/Scientifique, données | $130,557 | $130,697 |
| 6 | Zhengyu Zhang | Ontario Securities Commission | Data Scientist / Scientifique de données | $129,965 | $130,660 |
| 7 | Sang Yoon Hwang | Metrolinx | Data Scientist / Scientifique des données | $129,115 | $129,778 |
| 8 | Matthew Akin | Children, Community and Social Services | Data Scientist | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 9 | Peipei Hua | Canadian Mental Health Association, York Region Branch | Data Scientist | $127,788 | $128,238 |
| 10 | Gemini Lam | Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services | Scientist Data | $126,797 | $127,117 |
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.
Data through 2025. Last updated 2026-09-04.