Director of Social Services Salary in Ontario (2025)
235 disclosed records, 2000–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (89%)
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
$157,511
+28.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$115,982–$195,583
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$198,681
Who is the highest-paid Director of Social Services in Ontario?
The highest-paid Director of Social Services on the 2025 Sunshine List was Kim Mcelroy at City Of Stratford, with a salary of $198,681; the median among the 10 listed under this title was $157,511.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $157,511, a Director of Social Services keeps roughly $108,019 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 27.9% effective), or about $9,002 a month. That is about 29% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. 10 people were listed under this title in 2025. Half of those listed earned between $115,982 and $195,583. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$108,019
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,002
Where does $157,511 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 | Kim Mcelroy | City Of Stratford | Director of Social Services | $198,681 | $200,317 |
| 2 | Rebecca Morgan Quin | City Of Peterborough | Director, Social Services | $197,052 | $198,131 |
| 3 | Heather Sheridan | City Of St. Thomas | Director of Social Services | $195,583 | $197,974 |
| 4 | Emily Hollington | County Of Lanark | Director of Social Services | $172,651 | $175,910 |
| 5 | Lynn Chenier | County Of Lennox And Addington | Director, Social Services | $171,266 | $172,081 |
| 6 | Michelle Glabb | District Of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board | Director of Social Services / Gestionnaire des Services sociaux | $143,756 | $146,035 |
| 7 | Rahila Mushtaq | Costi Immigrant Services | Director of Social Services | $121,502 | $124,150 |
| 8 | Amanda Bonacci | South-East Ottawa Community Services | Director of Social Services | $115,982 | $116,496 |
| 9 | Camille Borysewicz | Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek | Director of Social Services | $113,314 | $113,314 |
| 10 | Brigitte Bouffard | Town Of Hearst | Director of Social Services | $100,629 | $101,309 |
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.