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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
20012002

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
20012002

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
20012002

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