Duty Counsel Family Salary in Ontario (2025)
150 disclosed records, 2016–2025 · mostly Crown Agencies (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
30
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$143,280
+17.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$117,671–$154,117
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$156,814
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.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid Ontario | 30 | $143,280 | $156,814 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Leighton | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $156,814 | $157,181 |
| 2 | Joyce Soney | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,763 | $155,123 |
| 3 | Tanya Cianfarani | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,517 | $154,879 |
| 4 | Surekha Bhargavan | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,479 |
| 5 | Ward Brownell | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocat de service, droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,479 |
| 6 | Ginette Drouin Zimola | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,117 |
| 7 | Richard Herold | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocat de service, droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,479 |
| 8 | Stephanie Johnson | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,479 |
| 9 | Carolyn Kovac | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,479 |
| 10 | Lorelee Messenger | Legal Aid Ontario | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | $154,117 | $154,479 |
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.
Data through 2025. Last updated 2026-09-05.