Executive Director Salary in Ontario (2025)
11,517 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Other Public Sector Employers (88%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
794
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$138,896
+13.6% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$119,280–$167,824
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$650,000
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Executive Director" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Executive Director" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Marcela Carena Lopez at Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics, with a salary of $650,000; the median among the 794 listed under this title was $138,896.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $138,896, a Executive Director keeps roughly $97,585 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 29.7% all-in), or about $8,132 a month. The 2025 list carries 794 people grouped under the title Executive Director. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 14% 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
- ~$97,585
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.7%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,132
Where does $138,896 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
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | Median | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto Metropolitan University | $176,834 | Pay here → |
| Ottawa Hospital | $235,625 | Pay here → |
| Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology | $172,637 | Pay here → |
| Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | $156,518 | Pay here → |
| Hamilton Health Sciences | $214,656 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcela Carena LopezExecutive Director | $650,000 | $698,412 |
| 2 | Jeanne-Hélène TardivelDirectrice générale / Executive Director | $353,660 | $354,847 |
| 3 | Teresa Ellen VasilopoulosExecutive Director | $320,723 | $335,494 |
| 4 | Charalampos GousopoulosExecutive Director | $298,231 | $298,518 |
| 5 | Donald ScottExecutive Director | $296,484 | $309,006 |
| 6 | Karen MartinExecutive Director | $283,298 | $283,785 |
| 7 | Charles FinlayExecutive Director | $281,181 | $282,309 |
| 8 | Nuzhat JafriExecutive Director | $265,000 | $265,000 |
| 9 | Kevin SawickiExecutive Director | $263,255 | $263,524 |
| 10 | Kelly HoeyExecutive Director | $261,923 | $262,394 |
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.