Lakehead University vs University of Toronto: who pays more?
Lakehead University had 421 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $150,002, University of Toronto 7,392 with a median of $147,726 — that is 2% more at the median for Lakehead University, and University of Toronto lists 18× as many people.
On the list
- Lakehead University
- 421
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Lakehead University
- $150,002
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Lakehead University
- $154,039
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Lakehead University
- $65.2M
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Lakehead University
- University of Toronto
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 | Lakehead University | University of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 421 | $150,002 | 7,392 | $147,726 |
| 2024 | 408 | $148,633 | 6,872 | $143,076 |
| 2023 | 392 | $142,518 | 5,946 | $148,826 |
| 2022 | 388 | $142,145 | 5,246 | $145,029 |
| 2021 | 401 | $139,763 | 4,984 | $143,828 |
| 2020 | 379 | $140,647 | 4,728 | $143,914 |
| 2019 | 371 | $138,132 | 4,342 | $146,809 |
| 2018 | 360 | $135,408 | 4,037 | $145,839 |
| 2017 | 334 | $137,819 | 3,738 | $146,477 |
| 2016 | 315 | $133,539 | 3,547 | $149,347 |
| 2015 | 300 | $129,895 | 3,288 | $143,402 |
| 2014 | 284 | $130,903 | 3,195 | $142,458 |
| 2013 | 274 | $128,593 | 3,032 | $142,349 |
| 2012 | 267 | $127,626 | 2,854 | $141,473 |
| 2011 | 240 | $126,318 | 2,739 | $140,444 |
| 2010 | 208 | $125,456 | 2,488 | $137,608 |
| 2009 | 190 | $119,563 | 2,370 | $136,050 |
| 2008 | 168 | $118,984 | 2,225 | $134,075 |
| 2007 | 139 | $115,829 | 2,034 | $131,429 |
| 2006 | 119 | $113,991 | 1,892 | $130,307 |
| 2005 | 85 | $114,303 | 1,609 | $125,488 |
| 2004 | 73 | $111,638 | 1,507 | $123,035 |
| 2003 | 58 | $110,071 | 1,443 | $121,868 |
| 2002 | 52 | $106,323 | 1,184 | $116,049 |
| 2001 | 45 | $103,728 | 1,093 | $114,648 |
| 2000 | 39 | $101,442 | 952 | $112,709 |
| 1999 | 24 | $100,997 | 805 | $110,883 |
| 1998 | 12 | $101,490 | 687 | $109,728 |
| 1997 | — | — | 630 | $109,879 |
| 1996 | 5 | $110,102 | 517 | $109,988 |
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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: Universities. Data runs through 2025.