Director Strategic Initiatives Salary in Ontario (2025)
193 disclosed records, 2001–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (41%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
23
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$159,180
+30.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$132,779–$185,531
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$222,991
Who is the highest-paid Director Strategic Initiatives in Ontario?
The highest-paid Director Strategic Initiatives on the 2025 Sunshine List was Robert Trewartha at City Of Mississauga, with a salary of $222,991; the median among the 23 listed under this title was $159,180.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Director Strategic Initiatives paid the 2025 median of $159,180 would take home roughly $108,937 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $9,078 a month, an effective rate of about 28.1%. The 2025 list carries 23 people filed as Director Strategic Initiatives. Half of those listed earned between $132,779 and $185,531. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$108,937
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,078
Where does $159,180 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 | Robert Trewartha | City Of Mississauga | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $222,991 | $223,720 |
| 2 | Amanda Baine | Long-Term Care | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $199,825 | $200,037 |
| 3 | Laura Anderson | University Of Toronto | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $199,362 | $199,488 |
| 4 | Justin Maclean | Municipality Of Clarington | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $191,777 | $194,311 |
| 5 | Tracey Rutledge | University Of Toronto | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $188,916 | $189,085 |
| 6 | Angela Stea | Regional Municipality Of Niagara | Director Strategic Initiatives | $185,531 | $186,381 |
| 7 | Aaron Wallace | City Of Brantford | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $177,984 | $179,477 |
| 8 | Jamie Brunette | Northern Economic Development and Growth | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $177,491 | $177,689 |
| 9 | Lesley-Ann Foulds | Regional Municipality Of Durham | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $169,575 | $170,693 |
| 10 | Amanda Baldwin | McMaster University | Director, Strategic Initiatives | $167,095 | $178,114 |
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.