Librarian Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,525 disclosed records, 2001–2025 · mostly Universities (79%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
134
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$131,854
+7.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$117,109–$152,293
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$235,504
Who is the highest-paid Librarian in Ontario?
The highest-paid Librarian on the 2025 Sunshine List was Don Kinder at Toronto Metropolitan University, with a salary of $235,504; the median among the 134 listed under this title was $131,854.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $131,854, a Librarian keeps roughly $93,600 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 24.8% effective), or about $7,800 a month. That is about 8% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The 2025 list carries 134 people filed as Librarian. Half of those listed earned between $117,109 and $152,293. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$93,600
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,800
Where does $131,854 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.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Metropolitan University | 25 | $152,293 | $235,504 | Pay here → |
| University of Windsor | 16 | $156,592 | $203,455 | Pay here → |
| University of Guelph | 14 | $140,975 | $197,471 | Pay here → |
| Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | 9 | $136,759 | $136,847 | Pay here → |
| Trent University | 9 | $125,689 | $180,533 | Pay here → |
| Victoria University | 8 | $150,834 | $188,717 | Pay here → |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | 8 | $122,914 | $131,854 | Pay here → |
| University of Toronto | 7 | $117,182 | $176,485 | Pay here → |
| George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology | 6 | $135,927 | $135,945 | Pay here → |
| Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology | 6 | $123,398 | $137,326 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Kinder | Toronto Metropolitan University | Librarian | $235,504 | $236,776 |
| 2 | John Papadopoulos | Toronto Metropolitan University | Librarian | $204,812 | $205,990 |
| 3 | Brian Cameron | Toronto Metropolitan University | Librarian | $203,497 | $204,667 |
| 4 | Arthur Rhyno | University Of Windsor | Librarian | $203,455 | $204,359 |
| 5 | Trina Grover | Toronto Metropolitan University | Librarian | $198,749 | $199,892 |
| 6 | Kathryn Harvey | University Of Guelph | Librarian | $197,471 | $198,248 |
| 7 | Jennifer Marvin | University Of Guelph | Librarian | $189,614 | $190,349 |
| 8 | Roma Kail | Victoria University | Librarian | $188,717 | $188,885 |
| 9 | Pascal Calarco | University Of Windsor | Librarian | $187,111 | $188,015 |
| 10 | Val Lem | Toronto Metropolitan University | Librarian | $186,802 | $187,873 |
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.