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Ontario Sunshine List 2002

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2002 is worth about $164,200 in 2025 dollars.

2002 data last updated .

2002 Overview

On the List

16,691

+27.0% vs 2001

Total Compensation

$2.2B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,392

-0.2% vs 2001

Top Earner

$2,272,267

Ronald Osborne · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +27.0% (3,547)
Average salary change: -0.2% (-$293)

Top Earners
2002

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Sector Breakdown
2002

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 9 sectors, Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation: $530,180,559 (4,090 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $467,308,815 (3,467 people); Universities: $462,000,714 (3,843 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $244,704,495 (1,553 people); Crown Agencies: $163,036,383 (1,159 people); Municipalities & Services: $149,282,852 (1,246 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $70,547,059 (566 people); School Boards: $66,247,016 (556 people); Colleges: $25,498,363 (211 people).$0$400M$600MHydro One and Ontario Power GenerationHydro O…eration4,090Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries3,467Universities3,843Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health1,553Crown Agencies1,159Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices1,246Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers566School Boards556Colleges211

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2001 → 2002

Dominic Iafrate at Ontario Power Generation had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2002 Sunshine List: $283,840 to $785,801, up 176.8%.

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

Biggest Cuts
2001 → 2002

Tennys Hanson at University Health Network had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2002 Sunshine List: $261,938 to $160,136, down 38.9%.

New to the List
2002

6,084 people are new to the 2002 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Ronald Osborne at Ontario Power Generation ($2,264,311).

Left the List
2001 → 2002

2,219 people on the 2001 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2002 list; Ontario Power Generation had the most, 428.