Director of People and Culture Salary in Ontario (2025)
211 disclosed records, 2015–2025 · mostly Other Public Sector Employers (77%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
60
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$135,487
+10.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$112,879–$158,026
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$279,044
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Director of People and Culture" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Director of People and Culture" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Nancy Casselman at City Of Toronto – Police Service, with a salary of $279,044; the median among the 60 listed under this title was $135,487.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Director of People and Culture median of $135,487 comes to about 25.3%, leaving roughly $95,656 a year — about $7,971 a month. 60 people were listed under this title in 2025. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 11% above it. 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
- ~$95,656
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.4%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,971
Where does $135,487 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 | Nancy CasselmanDirector, People And Culture | $279,044 | $282,371 |
| 2 | Ivy NanayakkaraDirector, People And Culture | $224,420 | $225,000 |
| 3 | David SoltisDirector, People and Culture | $224,346 | $224,913 |
| 4 | Jennifer McfarlaneDirector, People and Culture | $210,772 | $211,926 |
| 5 | Carol FrancisDirector, People and Culture | $205,293 | $206,193 |
| 6 | Mary MilevskiDirector, People and Culture / Directeur du personnel et de la culture organisationnelle | $198,855 | $200,203 |
| 7 | Anita ChiuDirector, People and Culture | $190,832 | $192,126 |
| 8 | Amy BennettDirector People and Culture/Directeur personnes et culture | $188,953 | $189,316 |
| 9 | Marc SainiDirector, People and Culture/Directeur du personnel et de la culture | $188,427 | $188,928 |
| 10 | Stephen FoersterDirector, People and Culture / Directeur, Personnes et culture | $186,989 | $187,803 |
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.