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Legal Aid Ontario vs Ontario Securities Commission: who pays more?

Legal Aid Ontario had 597 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $138,741, Ontario Securities Commission 528 with a median of $170,096 — that is 23% more at the median for Ontario Securities Commission, and Legal Aid Ontario lists 1.1× as many people.

On the list

Legal Aid Ontario
597
Ontario Securities Commission
528

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Legal Aid Ontario
$138,741
Ontario Securities Commission
$170,096

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Legal Aid Ontario
$138,634
Ontario Securities Commission
$185,266

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Legal Aid Ontario
$83.1M
Ontario Securities Commission
$98.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19982025

  • Legal Aid Ontario
  • Ontario Securities Commission
Legal Aid Ontario and Ontario Securities Commission, 1998–2025Legal Aid Ontario: $115,467 in 1999 to $138,741 in 2025. Ontario Securities Commission: $115,027 in 1998 to $170,096 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1998200720162025

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

Legal Aid Ontario and Ontario Securities Commission by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearLegal Aid OntarioOntario Securities Commission
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025597$138,741528$170,096
2024573$145,108532$168,050
2023456$128,639461$156,969
2022425$127,092421$154,542
2021417$125,988396$162,718
2020398$127,053410$154,963
2019361$122,019351$160,847
2018317$118,450337$155,087
2017289$115,000326$155,987
2016303$113,623317$154,095
2015214$112,684310$157,547
2014151$111,207287$155,594
2013130$112,520278$158,079
201292$113,320268$157,438
201185$114,559259$157,024
201081$114,559230$150,396
200986$116,627227$147,602
200864$112,433224$149,454
200746$117,081189$149,344
200642$112,664173$149,774
200528$115,891147$152,868
200426$114,318137$148,108
200323$111,066130$137,451
200223$109,796106$134,232
200121$110,29693$127,946
200016$105,90867$129,648
19995$115,46738$137,564
199818$115,027

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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: Crown Agencies. Data runs through 2025.