Professor & Canada Research Chair Salary in Ontario (2025)
686 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
19
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$234,337
+91.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$203,047–$267,052
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$346,503
Who is the highest-paid Professor & Canada Research Chair in Ontario?
The highest-paid Professor & Canada Research Chair on the 2025 Sunshine List was Peter Backx at York University, with a salary of $346,503; the median among the 19 listed under this title was $234,337.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Professor & Canada Research Chair paid the 2025 median of $234,337 would take home roughly $148,109 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $12,342 a month, an effective rate of about 34.4%. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 92% above it. Members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less after pension contributions, which this estimate leaves out.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$148,109
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~34.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$12,342
Where does $234,337 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Guelph | 8 | $234,622 | $285,792 | Pay here → |
| York University | 6 | $263,879 | $346,503 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Backx | York University | Professor/Canada Research Chair | $346,503 | $347,056 |
| 2 | Nikolaus Troje | York University | Professor/Canada Research Chair | $294,075 | $295,032 |
| 3 | Manjusri Misra | University Of Guelph | Professor and Canada Research Chair | $285,792 | $285,792 |
| 4 | Kate Tilleczek | York University | Professor/Canada Research Chair | $267,938 | $268,895 |
| 5 | Aicheng Chen | University Of Guelph | Professor and Canada Research Chair | $267,052 | $267,693 |
| 6 | Christina Sharpe | York University | Professor/Canada Research Chair | $259,820 | $260,776 |
| 7 | Thomas Baumgartner | York University | Professor/Canada Research Chair | $251,745 | $252,702 |
| 8 | Graham Taylor | University Of Guelph | Professor and Canada Research Chair | $238,480 | $239,436 |
| 9 | Carla Rice | University Of Guelph | Professor and Canada Research Chair | $234,997 | $235,840 |
| 10 | Antoine Deza | McMaster University | Professor / Canada Research Chair | $234,337 | $234,854 |
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.