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Ontario Sunshine List 2006

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2006 is worth about $150,504 in 2025 dollars.

2006 data last updated .

2006 Overview

On the List

34,199

+24.5% vs 2005

Total Compensation

$4.5B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,059

+0.9% vs 2005

Top Earner

$1,598,005

TOM PARKINSON · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +24.5% (6,738)
Average salary change: +0.9% ($1,133)

Top Earners
2006

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Sector Breakdown
2006

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 11 sectors, Universities: $1,017,534,460 (7,867 people); Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation: $952,817,665 (7,343 people); Municipalities & Services: $583,134,988 (4,949 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $497,866,815 (3,895 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $497,083,514 (3,130 people); School Boards: $352,778,795 (3,149 people); Crown Agencies: $256,322,252 (1,765 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $137,992,681 (1,017 people); Colleges: $79,604,065 (629 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $64,024,607 (305 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $18,471,077 (150 people).$0$750M$1.25BUniversities7,867Hydro One and Ontario Power GenerationHydro O…eration7,343Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices4,949Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries3,895Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health3,130School Boards3,149Crown Agencies1,765Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers1,017Colleges629Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary305Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices150

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
20052006

DAVID GOULDING at Independent Electricity System Operator had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2006 Sunshine List: $728,767 to $1,217,960, up 67.1%.

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
20052006

ROBERT ROBERTS at University of Ottawa Heart Institute had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2006 Sunshine List: $510,001 to $287,383, down 43.7%.

New to the List
2006

9,391 people are new to the 2006 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was JAMES F HANKINSON at Ontario Power Generation ($1,480,804).

Left the List
20052006

3,245 people on the 2005 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2006 list; University of Toronto had the most, 385.