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Ontario Sunshine List 2004

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2004 is worth about $156,829 in 2025 dollars.

2004 data last updated .

2004 Overview

On the List

23,253

+14.2% vs 2003

Total Compensation

$3.0B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,255

+0.7% vs 2003

Top Earner

$1,106,668

TOM PARKINSON · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +14.2% (2,885)
Average salary change: +0.7% ($916)

Top Earners
2004

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Sector Breakdown
2004

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 11 sectors, Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation: $743,230,530 (5,795 people); Universities: $723,871,192 (5,819 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $373,323,674 (2,356 people); Municipalities & Services: $316,573,149 (2,646 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $310,261,288 (2,421 people); School Boards: $182,022,534 (1,598 people); Crown Agencies: $170,425,055 (1,226 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $84,938,137 (630 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $68,550,541 (279 people); Colleges: $48,946,277 (400 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $10,553,019 (83 people).$0$400M$800MHydro One and Ontario Power GenerationHydro O…eration5,795Universities5,819Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health2,356Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices2,646Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries2,421School Boards1,598Crown Agencies1,226Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers630Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary279Colleges400Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices83

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
20032004

JOHN COLEBY at Ontario Power Generation had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2004 Sunshine List: $379,191 to $709,204, up 87.0%.

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
20032004

PHILIP WYATT at North York General Hospital had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2004 Sunshine List: $398,018 to $210,598, down 47.1%.

New to the List
2004

7,011 people are new to the 2004 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was RONALD R. ROBINSON at Ontario Power Generation ($645,867).

Left the List
20032004

2,491 people on the 2003 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2004 list; Ontario Power Generation had the most, 407.