Director of Recreation and Culture Salary in Ontario (2025)
147 disclosed records, 2001–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
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
10
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$184,068
+50.6% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$164,911–$200,593
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$226,906
Who is the highest-paid Director of Recreation and Culture in Ontario?
The highest-paid Director of Recreation and Culture on the 2025 Sunshine List was Donald W Hearn at City of Richmond Hill, with a salary of $226,906; the median among the 10 listed under this title was $184,068.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Director of Recreation and Culture median of $184,068 comes to about 30.5%, leaving roughly $122,464 a year — about $10,205 a month. 10 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Director of Recreation and Culture salaries ran from $164,911 to $200,593. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$122,464
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$10,205
Where does $184,068 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 | Donald W Hearn | City of Richmond Hill | Director Recreation and Culture | $226,906 | $228,606 |
| 2 | Chris Vida | Town Of Ajax | Director of Recreation and Culture | $224,705 | $225,693 |
| 3 | Colin Service | Town Of Newmarket | Director, Recreation and Culture | $200,593 | $201,072 |
| 4 | Patricia Joan Funaro | Town Of Lasalle | Director of Culture and Recreation | $199,900 | $201,691 |
| 5 | Lisa Boyce-Gonsalves | City Of Mississauga | Director, Recreation and Culture | $184,385 | $184,986 |
| 6 | Kristina Zietsma | Town Of Oakville | Director, Recreation and Culture | $183,750 | $184,348 |
| 7 | Steven Palmer | Town Of Milton | Director, Recreation and Culture | $174,031 | $175,332 |
| 8 | Alix Aitken | City Of Cambridge | Director of Recreation and Culture | $164,911 | $165,851 |
| 9 | Karilynn Kluke | City Of Elliot Lake | Recreation Culture Director | $135,859 | $136,912 |
| 10 | Shawna Patterson | Town Of Gravenhurst | Director of Recreation and Culture | $130,672 | $131,325 |
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.