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What does a Legal Counsel make at Legal Aid Ontario?

The 6 Legal Counsels at Legal Aid Ontario had a median salary of $137,478 in 2025. That is 4% below the provincial median of $142,655 for the role. The highest-paid was $154,117.

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6

listed as Legal Counsel in 2025

Median salary

$137,478

salary paid, 2025

Highest paid

$154,117

salary paid, 2025

vs Ontario

−$5,177

against $142,655 province-wide

Best paid in the role
Legal Aid Ontario · 2025

Best-paid Legal Counsel at Legal Aid Ontario, 2025
#NameSalaryTotal
1Cindy RamsayLegal Counsel /Conseillère juridique$154,117$157,479
2Emma BarzLegal Counsel /Conseillère juridique$150,448$152,201
3Josée QuesnelLegal Counsel /Conseillère juridique$144,995$146,158
4Alykhan EsmailLegal Counsel/Avocat$129,961$130,415
5Emily BeveridgeLegal Counsel /Conseillère juridique$109,903$110,978
6Joseph MurrayLegal Counsel/Avocat$105,416$105,416

The 6 highest salaries among the 6 Legal Aid Ontario records mapped to Legal Counsel in 2025. The full 2025 roster →

Median by year
2018–2025

  • At Legal Aid Ontario
  • Ontario median for the role
At Legal Aid Ontario and Ontario median for the role, 2018–2025At Legal Aid Ontario: $125,388 in 2020 to $137,478 in 2025. Ontario median for the role: $119,998 in 2018 to $142,655 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K2018202020232025

Median salary paid, Legal Counsel at Legal Aid Ontario, against every Legal Counsel in Ontario. Years with fewer than 5 people are left blank.

Year by year

Legal Counsel at Legal Aid Ontario by year
YearPeopleMedianHighestOntario median
20256$137,478$154,117$142,655
20248$148,266$168,324$140,050
20236$134,993$155,237$134,127
20226$133,464$151,118$127,661
20217$125,289$152,926$126,582
20208$125,388$147,296$128,758
2019<5<5<5$121,747
2018<5<5<5$119,998

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Method. Figures are salary paid (not salary plus taxable benefits), the basis of every median on this site, for records whose filed job title maps to Legal Counsel at Legal Aid Ontario on the Ontario Sunshine List, which lists only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more. A year with fewer than 5 people shows “<5” for both its count and its median, since naming the exact count would narrow the median down to specific people. Data runs through 2025. The 2025 figures were published here on .