Independent Scientist Salary in Ontario (2022)
170 disclosed records, 2006–2022 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (100%)
Last filed under this title in 2022. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2022
Disclosed
28
2022 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$117,782
+4.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$106,679–$132,768
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$197,493
Who is the highest-paid Independent Scientist in Ontario?
The highest-paid Independent Scientist on the 2022 Sunshine List was Gillian Strudwick at Centre For Addiction And Mental Health, with a salary of $197,493; the median among the 28 listed under this title was $117,782.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2022 estimate
A Independent Scientist paid the 2022 median of $117,782 would take home roughly $83,229 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $6,936 a month, an effective rate of about 25.6%. 28 people were listed under this title in 2022. Across every sector the 2022 median was $112,437, so this position sits about 5% above it. Most Hospitals & Boards of Public Health employees belong to HOOPP, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$83,229
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$4,453
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,936
Where does $117,782 rank on the Sunshine List? →
Estimate only: 2022 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
2005–2022
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
2022 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | 28 | $117,782 | $197,493 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2022
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillian Strudwick | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $197,493 | $198,124 |
| 2 | Wei Wang | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $187,558 | $188,544 |
| 3 | Abhishek Pratap | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $152,259 | $152,994 |
| 4 | Wai-Haung Yu | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $140,840 | $140,840 |
| 5 | Clement Ma | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $140,814 | $141,473 |
| 6 | Daisy Singla | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $135,041 | $135,672 |
| 7 | Daniel Felsky | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $134,895 | $135,487 |
| 8 | Mounira Banasr | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $132,768 | $133,438 |
| 9 | Yuliya Nikolova | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $125,951 | $126,611 |
| 10 | Branka Agic | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | Independent Scientist / Scientifique indépendante | $125,239 | $125,872 |
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 2022 — no records in the 2025 Sunshine List, the most recent disclosed.