Director of Planning Salary in Ontario (2025)
405 disclosed records, 1999–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (91%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
21
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$162,944
+33.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$146,188–$178,185
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$235,847
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Director of Planning" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Director of Planning" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Durk Vanderwerff at County Of Middlesex, with a salary of $235,847; the median among the 21 listed under this title was $162,944.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $162,944, a Director of Planning keeps roughly $111,008 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 31.9% all-in), or about $9,251 a month. Half of those listed earned between $146,188 and $178,185. That is about 33% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$111,008
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.9%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,251
Where does $162,944 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 | Durk VanderwerffDirector of Planning | $235,847 | $237,050 |
| 2 | Yvonne ChoiDirector of Planning | $209,637 | $209,637 |
| 3 | John TaylorDirector of Planning | $196,329 | $199,139 |
| 4 | Jason DavisDirector Of Planning | $193,493 | $194,556 |
| 5 | Sandra WeberDirector of Planning | $189,433 | $190,377 |
| 6 | Robert BjerkeDirector of Planning | $178,185 | $178,729 |
| 7 | Justin HarrowDirector of Planning | $176,452 | $178,021 |
| 8 | Brian JardineDirector, Planning | $176,264 | $177,980 |
| 9 | William Taylor ElgieDirector of Planning | $168,204 | $169,363 |
| 10 | Katie BurnsDirector, Planning | $163,190 | $165,438 |
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.