Senior Counsel Salary in Ontario (2025)
697 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (25%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
25
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$191,133
+56.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$177,165–$213,213
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$326,508
Who is the highest-paid Senior Counsel in Ontario?
The highest-paid Senior Counsel on the 2025 Sunshine List was Scott Lamb at Attorney General, with a salary of $326,508; the median among the 25 listed under this title was $191,133.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Senior Counsel median of $191,133 comes to about 31.1%, leaving roughly $126,119 a year — about $10,510 a month. 25 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 56% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Senior Counsel salaries ran from $177,165 to $213,213. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$126,119
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$10,510
Where does $191,133 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Power Generation | 8 | $180,843 | $221,295 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of York | 7 | $203,920 | $217,506 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Lamb | Attorney General | Senior Counsel | $326,508 | $326,834 |
| 2 | Angela Holland | Alcohol And Gaming Commission Of Ontario | Senior Counsel/Avocate principale | $323,971 | $324,676 |
| 3 | Aviva Raffoul-Harari | Alcohol And Gaming Commission Of Ontario | Senior Counsel/Avocate principale | $296,475 | $297,224 |
| 4 | Faye Kidman | Alcohol And Gaming Commission Of Ontario | Senior Counsel/Avocate principale | $248,993 | $249,408 |
| 5 | Peter Murphy | Ontario Power Generation | Senior Counsel | $221,295 | $222,344 |
| 6 | Tetyana Luneyko | Regional Municipality Of York | Senior Counsel | $217,506 | $218,138 |
| 7 | Alexandra Hartley | Regional Municipality Of York | Senior Counsel | $213,213 | $213,852 |
| 8 | Kristen Newman | Regional Municipality Of York | Senior Counsel | $207,935 | $208,568 |
| 9 | Christopher Zaleski | Regional Municipality Of York | Senior Counsel | $203,920 | $204,545 |
| 10 | Alexis Alyea | Regional Municipality Of York | Senior Counsel | $201,900 | $202,530 |
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.