Judge Salary in Ontario (2025)
6,486 disclosed records, 2004–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Judiciary (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
369
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$425,942
+248.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$411,476–$425,942
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$485,572
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Judge paid the 2025 median of $425,942 would take home roughly $237,894 after federal and Ontario income tax — about $19,825 a month, an effective rate of about 42.9%. The 2025 list carries 369 people filed as Judge. Half of those listed earned between $411,476 and $425,942. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Government of Ontario – Judiciary sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$237,894
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~42.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$19,825
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.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Court of Justice | 368 | $425,942 | $485,572 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliana Martel | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $485,572 | $489,163 |
| 2 | Lynne Saunders | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $475,811 | $478,351 |
| 3 | Julien Lalande | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $465,744 | $469,671 |
| 4 | Chris Chorney | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $463,709 | $467,721 |
| 5 | Debra Paulseth | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $461,770 | $462,495 |
| 6 | Mary Wilson | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $461,445 | $465,319 |
| 7 | Jason Miller | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $457,070 | $460,943 |
| 8 | Veronica Puls | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $456,325 | $460,198 |
| 9 | Lisa Miles | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $456,178 | $460,051 |
| 10 | Joseph Hanna | Ontario Court Of Justice | Judge | $456,125 | $459,999 |
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. 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.