Special Projects Manager Salary in Ontario (2025)
326 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (41%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
26
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$124,870
+2.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$117,762–$149,334
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$174,153
Who is the highest-paid Special Projects Manager in Ontario?
The highest-paid Special Projects Manager on the 2025 Sunshine List was Blair Rohaly at Environment, Conservation and Parks, with a salary of $174,153; the median among the 26 listed under this title was $124,870.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Special Projects Manager median of $124,870 comes to about 23.8%, leaving roughly $89,648 a year — about $7,471 a month. The 2025 list carries 26 people filed as Special Projects Manager. Half of those listed earned between $117,762 and $149,334. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$89,648
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,471
Where does $124,870 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 | Blair Rohaly | Environment, Conservation and Parks | Manager, Special Projects | $174,153 | $174,345 |
| 2 | Heather Persad | Tourism, Culture and Gaming | Manager, Special Projects | $163,988 | $164,167 |
| 3 | Bradley Shaw | Long-Term Care | Manager, Special Projects | $162,643 | $162,836 |
| 4 | Margaret Cappa | Transportation | Manager, Special Projects | $159,102 | $159,227 |
| 5 | Kleva Gruda | Municipal Affairs and Housing | Manager, Special Projects | $153,674 | $153,674 |
| 6 | Dawson Bridger | Ontario Heritage Trust | Manager, Special Projects | $151,138 | $151,300 |
| 7 | Nielsen Christina | Payukotayno James and Hudson Bay Family Services | Special Projects Manager | $149,334 | $150,718 |
| 8 | Christopher Leite | Regional Municipality Of Halton | Manager, Special Projects | $148,101 | $148,838 |
| 9 | Shanna Devlin | Niagara Health System | Manager, Special Projects/Gestionnaire, projets spéciaux | $145,588 | $146,217 |
| 10 | Abigail Myers | City Of Toronto – Toronto Community Housing Corp. | Manager, Special Projects | $137,839 | $138,993 |
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.