Director of Public Affairs Salary in Ontario (2025)
149 disclosed records, 1998–2025 · mostly Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation (30%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
5
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$149,834
+22.6% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$149,812–$194,658
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$204,381
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Director of Public Affairs" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Director of Public Affairs" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Allan Greenwood at County Of Simcoe, with a salary of $204,381; the median among the 5 listed under this title was $149,834.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Director of Public Affairs median of $149,834 comes to about 27.1%, leaving roughly $103,775 a year — about $8,648 a month. The 2025 list carries 5 people grouped under the title Director of Public Affairs. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 23% above it. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$103,775
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.7%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,648
Where does $149,834 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 | Allan GreenwoodDirector, Public Affairs | $204,381 | $205,486 |
| 2 | Ryan ZadeDirector, Public Affairs / Directrice des affaires publiques | $194,658 | $196,013 |
| 3 | Michelle Macleod HouriganDirector, Public Affairs | $149,834 | $151,617 |
| 4 | Lucas AndersonDirector of Public Affairs | $149,812 | $150,232 |
| 5 | Regina FoiseyDirector, Public Affairs | $108,517 | $108,631 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.