Program Director Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,055 disclosed records, 1997–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (61%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
70
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$135,888
+11.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$114,700–$166,549
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$216,469
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | 9 | $185,427 | $195,427 |
| Board of Health for the South East Health Unit | 7 | $166,275 | $185,210 |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | 6 | $151,250 | $162,356 |
| Nature Conservancy of Canada | 6 | $114,477 | $119,374 |
| Waterloo Regional Health Network | 5 | $181,393 | $200,959 |
| Sandy Hill Community Health Centre | 5 | $127,037 | $130,674 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Mcintyre | Canadian Elevator Industry Educational Program (CEIEP) | Program Director | $216,469 | $216,469 |
| 2 | Lara Christoff | Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) | Program Director/Directrice de Programme | $215,890 | $216,113 |
| 3 | Ala Qahwash | Waterloo Regional Health Network | Program Director | $200,959 | $201,416 |
| 4 | Cheryl Hoare | Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | Program Director | $195,427 | $196,265 |
| 5 | Gailynn Burns | Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | Program Director | $192,606 | $193,477 |
| 6 | Daniel Ball | Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | Program Director | $191,268 | $192,087 |
| 7 | Elma Hrapovich-Forto | Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | Program Director | $189,798 | $190,593 |
| 8 | Kelly Roy | Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | Program Director | $185,427 | $186,265 |
| 9 | Susan Stewart | Board of Health for the South East Health Unit | Program Director | $185,210 | $186,110 |
| 10 | Maureen Leyser | Waterloo Regional Health Network | Program Director | $182,561 | $183,000 |
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 2026-09-04.