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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
19962025

  • Information and Privacy Commissioner
  • Ombudsman Ontario
Information and Privacy Commissioner and Ombudsman Ontario, 1996–2025Information and Privacy Commissioner: $155,372 in 2003 to $129,715 in 2025. Ombudsman Ontario: $115,680 in 2001 to $127,576 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1996200620152025

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

Information and Privacy Commissioner and Ombudsman Ontario by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearInformation and Privacy CommissionerOmbudsman Ontario
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025118$129,715122$127,576
2024104$128,25474$119,238
202381$127,87071$124,575
202271$129,19342$111,097
202176$120,54235$116,475
202066$124,46336$110,838
201968$119,95027$107,771
201859$120,81724$111,475
201752$128,36021$113,202
201627$116,02121$108,374
201529$120,72813$128,833
201431$120,48317$111,018
201329$130,07012$138,943
201230$120,09515$124,664
201131$120,09511$137,000
201031$125,6568$169,730
200929$129,92710$152,269
200826$137,4939$162,504
200727$121,9767$171,949
200619$128,3286$166,914
200516$163,9745$143,760
20045$143,426
200312$155,3726$140,269
20025$129,208
20015$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.