Professor Salary in Ontario (2025)
123,514 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (56%)
Records filed simply as “Professor”, without a level or specialty. For level-specific figures see Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Teaching Stream and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
10,571
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$135,910
+11.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$126,387–$196,569
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$509,014
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | 633 | $128,767 | $164,662 |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | 614 | $131,853 | $179,027 |
| Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | 536 | $136,847 | $180,201 |
| University of Ottawa | 497 | $219,309 | $474,155 |
| University of Waterloo | 487 | $231,492 | $407,658 |
| Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | 487 | $132,216 | $161,269 |
| Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology | 486 | $135,032 | $162,262 |
| Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology | 478 | $131,962 | $150,724 |
| University of Western Ontario | 477 | $195,654 | $446,079 |
| Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology | 429 | $132,078 | $222,039 |
| Mcmaster University | 357 | $218,386 | $498,075 |
| Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology | 339 | $131,188 | $190,046 |
| York University | 335 | $218,308 | $385,591 |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | 304 | $236,010 | $347,490 |
| University of Guelph | 295 | $221,986 | $305,891 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Snyder | University Of Toronto | Professor | $509,014 | $509,265 |
| 2 | Claudia Emerson | McMaster University | Professor | $498,075 | $498,592 |
| 3 | David Farrar | McMaster University | Professor | $483,140 | $488,506 |
| 4 | Bernard Jasmin | University Of Ottawa | Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor | $474,155 | $474,155 |
| 5 | Muhammet Fat Guvenen | University Of Toronto | Professor | $466,989 | $470,498 |
| 6 | Salim Yusuf | McMaster University | Professor | $451,950 | $452,745 |
| 7 | Mohit Bhandari | McMaster University | Professor | $448,462 | $448,979 |
| 8 | Stephen Williamson | University Of Western Ontario | Professor | $446,079 | $446,179 |
| 9 | Jacques Frémont | University Of Ottawa | Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor | $439,457 | $446,657 |
| 10 | Gregory Steinberg | McMaster University | Professor | $433,038 | $433,555 |
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. Last updated 2026-09-05.