President and Chief Executive Officer Salary in Ontario (2025)
3,138 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (51%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
168
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$336,999
+175.6% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$247,217–$463,551
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$1,596,218
Who is the highest-paid President and Chief Executive Officer in Ontario?
The highest-paid President and Chief Executive Officer on the 2025 Sunshine List was Nicolle Butcher at Ontario Power Generation, with a salary of $1,596,218; the median among the 168 listed under this title was $336,999.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 President and Chief Executive Officer median of $336,999 comes to about 40.0%, leaving roughly $196,561 a year — about $16,380 a month. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 176% above it. Half of those listed earned between $247,217 and $463,551. Pension contributions — likely HOOPP in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$196,561
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~40.0%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$16,380
Where does $336,999 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.
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolle Butcher | Ontario Power Generation | President and Chief Executive Officer | $1,596,218 | $1,598,309 |
| 2 | Kevin Smith | University Health Network | President and Chief Executive Officer | $939,603 | $1,038,847 |
| 3 | Ronald Cohn | The Hospital For Sick Children | President and Chief Executive Officer | $880,013 | $897,739 |
| 4 | Mark Fuller | Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | $826,236 | $826,236 |
| 5 | Tracey Macarthur | Hamilton Health Sciences | President and Chief Executive Officer | $773,658 | $786,575 |
| 6 | Darwin Louis Bozek | Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | $760,411 | $760,982 |
| 7 | Barbara Collins | Humber River Health | President and Chief Executive Officer | $760,359 | $777,679 |
| 8 | Andy Smith | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | President, Chief Executive Officer | $757,366 | $807,247 |
| 9 | Lesley Gallinger | Independent Electricity System Operator | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | $708,319 | $708,974 |
| 10 | David Graham | Scarborough Health Network | President and Chief Executive Officer | $705,941 | $707,903 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.