Director of Communications Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,081 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (32%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
88
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$150,680
+23.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$127,485–$178,018
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$254,271
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Director of Communications" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Director of Communications" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Lisa Legatto at Health, with a salary of $254,271; the median among the 88 listed under this title was $150,680.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Director of Communications median of $150,680 comes to about 27.2%, leaving roughly $104,254 a year — about $8,688 a month. Half of those listed earned between $127,485 and $178,018. The 2025 list carries 88 people grouped under the title Director of Communications. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Government of Ontario – Ministries sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$104,254
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.8%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,688
Where does $150,680 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 | Lisa LegattoDirector, Communications | $254,271 | $254,520 |
| 2 | John WhytockDirector, Communications | $238,298 | $238,548 |
| 3 | Paola GemmitiDirector, Communications | $232,669 | $232,912 |
| 4 | Peter SpadoniDirector, Communications | $230,739 | $230,962 |
| 5 | Jonathan LeighDirector, Communications | $215,368 | $215,598 |
| 6 | Costanzo FascianoDirector, Communications | $212,666 | $212,894 |
| 7 | Lynn WongDirector, Communications / Directrice des communications | $211,338 | $211,607 |
| 8 | Rebecca GanesathasDirector, Communications | $208,116 | $208,317 |
| 9 | Nemone SmithDirector of Communications | $205,160 | $205,377 |
| 10 | Andrea CorlettDirector, Communications / Directrice, communications | $202,744 | $203,012 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.