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Ontario Sunshine List 2014

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2014 is worth about $131,150 in 2025 dollars.

2014 data last updated .

2014 Overview

On the List

111,655

+14.0% vs 2013

Total Compensation

$14.3B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$127,171

-0.2% vs 2013

Top Earner

$1,562,094

Thomas Mitchell · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +14.0% (13,739)
Average salary change: -0.2% (-$253)

Top Earners
2014

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Sector Breakdown
2014

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 12 sectors, Municipalities & Services: $3,665,148,941 (30,800 people); Universities: $2,392,241,378 (16,375 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $1,673,864,046 (13,536 people); Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation: $1,631,817,079 (12,026 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $1,545,594,210 (11,628 people); School Boards: $1,462,831,519 (12,731 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $689,165,984 (4,994 people); Crown Agencies: $530,533,179 (3,909 people); Colleges: $526,628,267 (4,631 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $126,856,033 (628 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $33,742,312 (252 people); Seconded to Ministries: $17,845,002 (145 people).$0$2B$4BMunicipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices30,800Universities16,375Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries13,536Hydro One and Ontario Power GenerationHydro O…eration12,026Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health11,628School Boards12,731Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers4,994Crown Agencies3,909Colleges4,631Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary628Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices252Seconded to MinistriesSeconde…istries145

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2013 → 2014

Donn W. Hanbidge at Ontario Power Generation had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2014 Sunshine List: $664,974 to $1,208,156, up 81.7%.

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
2013 → 2014

John Murphy at Ontario Power Generation had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2014 Sunshine List: $903,971 to $115,514, down 87.2%.

New to the List
2014

20,313 people are new to the 2014 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Michael Apkon at The Hospital for Sick Children ($544,100).

Left the List
2013 → 2014

8,394 people on the 2013 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2014 list; Ontario Power Generation had the most, 668.