Information and Privacy Commissioner vs Ombudsman Ontario: who pays more?
Information and Privacy Commissioner had 118 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $129,715, Ombudsman Ontario 122 with a median of $127,576 — Information and Privacy Commissioner pays its listed staff 2% more at the median, and Ombudsman Ontario lists 1× as many people.
On the list
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- 118
- Ombudsman Ontario
- 122
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- $129,715
- Ombudsman Ontario
- $127,576
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- $150,515
- Ombudsman Ontario
- $135,003
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- $17.8M
- Ombudsman Ontario
- $16.5M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Ombudsman Ontario
Median salary paid on each employer’s Sunshine List filing. A gap is a year the employer filed nobody under this name.
Year by year
| Year | Information and Privacy Commissioner | Ombudsman Ontario | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 118 | $129,715 | 122 | $127,576 |
| 2024 | 104 | $128,254 | 74 | $119,238 |
| 2023 | 81 | $127,870 | 71 | $124,575 |
| 2022 | 71 | $129,193 | 42 | $111,097 |
| 2021 | 76 | $120,542 | 35 | $116,475 |
| 2020 | 66 | $124,463 | 36 | $110,838 |
| 2019 | 68 | $119,950 | 27 | $107,771 |
| 2018 | 59 | $120,817 | 24 | $111,475 |
| 2017 | 52 | $128,360 | 21 | $113,202 |
| 2016 | 27 | $116,021 | 21 | $108,374 |
| 2015 | 29 | $120,728 | 13 | $128,833 |
| 2014 | 31 | $120,483 | 17 | $111,018 |
| 2013 | 29 | $130,070 | 12 | $138,943 |
| 2012 | 30 | $120,095 | 15 | $124,664 |
| 2011 | 31 | $120,095 | 11 | $137,000 |
| 2010 | 31 | $125,656 | 8 | $169,730 |
| 2009 | 29 | $129,927 | 10 | $152,269 |
| 2008 | 26 | $137,493 | 9 | $162,504 |
| 2007 | 27 | $121,976 | 7 | $171,949 |
| 2006 | 19 | $128,328 | 6 | $166,914 |
| 2005 | 16 | $163,974 | 5 | $143,760 |
| 2004 | — | — | 5 | $143,426 |
| 2003 | 12 | $155,372 | 6 | $140,269 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | $129,208 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | $115,680 |
| 2000 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
| 1999 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
| 1998 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
| 1997 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
| 1996 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
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Method. Medians and averages are salary paid; listed payroll is total compensation (salary plus taxable benefits), as filed. Both sides come from the same Ontario Sunshine List, which covers only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more — so this compares the shape of each employer’s six-figure payroll, not its whole workforce, and an employer with more low-paid staff simply lists fewer of them. A side with fewer than five people keeps its count but shows “<5” instead of a median, average or payroll figure, since any of those would be that handful of people’s own numbers. Sector: Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices. Data runs through 2025.