Director Financial Services Salary in Ontario (2025)
658 disclosed records, 1998–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (35%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
36
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$171,819
+40.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$148,159–$187,306
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$267,016
Who is the highest-paid Director Financial Services in Ontario?
The highest-paid Director Financial Services on the 2025 Sunshine List was Darrel Fernandopulle at University Of Toronto, with a salary of $267,016; the median among the 36 listed under this title was $171,819.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Director Financial Services median of $171,819 comes to about 29.3%, leaving roughly $115,893 a year — about $9,658 a month. The middle half of Director Financial Services salaries ran from $148,159 to $187,306. 36 people were listed under this title in 2025. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$115,893
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,658
Where does $171,819 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 | Darrel Fernandopulle | University Of Toronto | Director, Financial Services | $267,016 | $267,185 |
| 2 | Jody Lynn Graham | City Of London – Police Services | Director, Financial Services | $243,568 | $244,957 |
| 3 | Joanne Cermak | Regional Municipality Of Durham | Director, Financial Services | $238,557 | $239,937 |
| 4 | Jonathan Sweet | City Of Ottawa – Police Services | Director Financial Services | $196,741 | $202,955 |
| 5 | Kyle Christian | Queensway Carleton Hospital | Director – Financial Services | $196,268 | $197,350 |
| 6 | Ian Collins | City Of London | Director, Financial Services | $191,996 | $195,311 |
| 7 | Shelley Hesmer | City Of Hamilton | Director Financial Services | $189,761 | $191,875 |
| 8 | Andrea Tang | Town Of Newmarket | Director, Financial Services | $188,993 | $189,445 |
| 9 | Melissa Brindley | City Of Windsor | Director Financial Services | $188,352 | $189,078 |
| 10 | Cynthia Chu | Oak Valley Health | Director, Financial Services | $187,306 | $188,304 |
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.