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Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 2015

The 2015 top 100 ranges from $1,595,311 down to $455,257 in total compensation. Hospitals & Boards of Public Health accounts for 45% of this list, followed by Crown Agencies at 16%. Making the cut took $455,257 in total compensation this year, down 0.5% from $457,752 the year before.

These are the 2015 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

#1Thomas Mitchell
$1,595,311
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Executive Officer Designate
Salary $1,528,933 + benefits $66,377
#2William Moriarty
$1,475,281
University of Toronto·President And Chief Executive Officer, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $1,473,446 + benefits $1,835
#3Barbara Gail Anderson
$862,861
Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American & Parapan American Games 2015·Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / Vice-présidente principale et directrice des finances
Salary $844,746 + benefits $18,115
#4Allen K. Vansen
$817,176
Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American & Parapan American Games 2015·Executive Vice President Operations, Sport and Venue Management / Vice-président directeur, Opérations, sports et gestion des sites
Salary $802,080 + benefits $15,096
#5Karen Hacker
$804,977
Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American & Parapan American Games 2015·Senior Vice President, Human Resources/Volunteers, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary / Vice-présidente principale, Ressources humaines et bénévoles, avocate générale et secrétaire de la société
Salary $789,881 + benefits $15,096
#6Glenn Jager
$797,895
Ontario Power Generation·Nuclear President & Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $793,359 + benefits $4,536
#7Jeffrey Lyash
$789,960
Ontario Power Generation·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $787,472 + benefits $2,488
#8Katherine Henderson
$776,583
Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American & Parapan American Games 2015·Senior Vice President, Marketing and Revenue / Vice-président principale, Marketing et revenus
Salary $762,997 + benefits $13,586
#9Barry Mclellan
$765,305
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $715,000 + benefits $50,305
#10Joseph Mapa
$761,557
Sinai Health System·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $760,153 + benefits $1,404
#11Kevin Smith
$748,574
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton·Chief Executive Officer, St. Joseph's Health System
Salary $677,717 + benefits $70,857
#12Catherine Zahn
$746,592
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health·President & Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale
Salary $674,999 + benefits $71,593
#13Jill Pepall
$741,127
Ontario Pension Board·Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer/Vice-présidente directrice et chef des placements
Salary $740,378 + benefits $749
#14William Reichman
$738,565
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $722,875 + benefits $15,690
#15Michael Apkon
$729,910
The Hospital for Sick Children·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $701,200 + benefits $28,710
#16Cameron Richards
$710,547
University of Toronto·Managing Director, Investment Strategy & Co-Chief Investment Officer, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $710,264 + benefits $283
#17Howard Wetston
$707,484
Ontario Securities Commission·Chair and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $705,829 + benefits $1,656
#18Michael Allen
$701,060
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President Refurbishment Execution
Salary $700,442 + benefits $618
#19John Kitts
$699,633
The Ottawa Hospital·President/Président
Salary $630,485 + benefits $69,148
#20Daren Smith
$694,073
University of Toronto·Managing Director, Manager Selection And Portfolio Construction, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $693,507 + benefits $566
#21Peter Pisters
$687,300
University Health Network·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $622,154 + benefits $65,146
#22Michelle Diemanuele
$667,152
Trillium Health Partners·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $663,600 + benefits $3,553
#23Jeffrey Turnbull
$657,959
The Ottawa Hospital·Chief of Staff/Médecin-chef
Salary $646,000 + benefits $11,959
#24Robert Vinson
$656,990
Woodstock Hospital·Radiologist/Radiologue
Salary $654,053 + benefits $2,937
#25Robert Macisaac
$654,648
Hamilton Health Sciences·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $652,581 + benefits $2,067
#26Mark Fuller
$641,430
Ontario Pension Board·President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction
Salary $640,709 + benefits $721
#27Bruce Campbell
$622,278
Independent Electricity System Operator·President & Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $621,904 + benefits $373
#28Marian Walsh
$614,702
Sinai Health System·Associate Chief Executive Officer & Chief Integration Officer
Salary $612,224 + benefits $2,477
#29Donna Quan
$607,287
Toronto District School Board·Director of Education
Salary $587,225 + benefits $20,062
#30Murray Glendining
$597,096
London Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $579,378 + benefits $17,718
#31Robert Howard
$592,596
St. Michael's Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $564,871 + benefits $27,726
#32Dante Morra
$581,225
Trillium Health Partners·Chief of Staff
Salary $577,483 + benefits $3,742
#33Dietmar E. Reiner
$571,986
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Nuclear Projects
Salary $569,878 + benefits $2,108
#34Amir Remtulla
$570,713
Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American & Parapan American Games 2015·Senior Vice President, Community, Aboriginal, Cultural and Public Affairs / Vice-président principal, Affaires autochtones, communautaires, culturelles et publiques
Salary $561,592 + benefits $9,121
#35Mike Martelli
$569,349
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Hydro Thermal Operations
Salary $566,800 + benefits $2,549
#36Gadi Mayman
$568,453
Ontario Financing Authority·Chief Executive Officer / Directeur général
Salary $567,745 + benefits $708
#37Bruce Boland
$565,728
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations & Environment
Salary $559,824 + benefits $5,904
#38Gurpreet Dhindsa
$561,583
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation·Executive Vice President Chief Administrative Officer Chief Financial Officer / Vice-président directeur, dirigeant principal, Administration et Finances
Salary $560,617 + benefits $965
#39Linda Rabeneck
$559,993
Cancer Care Ontario·Vice President/Vice-Présidente
Salary $512,101 + benefits $47,892
#40Christopher Ginther
$555,881
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Law, General Counsel & Chief Ethics Officer
Salary $550,400 + benefits $5,481
#41Michael Sherar
$548,593
Cancer Care Ontario·Chief Executive Officer & President/Chef De La Direction Et Président
Salary $501,835 + benefits $46,758
#42Adrian Hussey
$547,997
University of Toronto·Managing Director, Portfolio And Risk Analysis, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $547,714 + benefits $283
#43Ilse Treurnicht
$544,743
MaRS Discovery District·Chief Executive Officer / Chef de la direction
Salary $532,500 + benefits $12,243
#44Manohar Shroff
$541,773
The Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist-in-Chief
Salary $540,736 + benefits $1,037
#45Duncan Stewart
$534,461
The Ottawa Hospital·Vice President/Vice-président
Salary $522,502 + benefits $11,959
#46Walter Fioravanti
$532,020
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation·Senior Vice President Legal Regulatory Compliance General Counsel Corporate Secretary/ Vice-président principal, Affaires juridiques, Réglementation, Conformité, Contentieux et Secrétariat général
Salary $529,598 + benefits $2,423
#47Thomas Hudson
$528,986
Ontario Institute of Cancer Research·President and Scientific Director
Salary $528,494 + benefits $492
#48Leslee Thompson
$527,163
Kingston General Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale
Salary $515,991 + benefits $11,172
#49David A. Higgins
$525,617
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton·President, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Salary $515,661 + benefits $9,956
#50Shoo Lee
$521,686
Sinai Health System·Neonatologist-in-Chief
Salary $520,282 + benefits $1,404
#51Brian Whibbs
$519,095
Ontario Pension Board·Managing Director, Real Estate/Directeur général, Immobilier
Salary $518,512 + benefits $582
#52Rueben Devlin
$518,179
Humber River Hospital·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $498,632 + benefits $19,547
#53Paul Pasquet
$518,166
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President
Salary $515,536 + benefits $2,629
#54John Veinot
$517,636
Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association·Pathologist/Pathologiste
Salary $516,205 + benefits $1,431
#55Rosemarie Leclair
$517,100
Ontario Energy Board·Chair & Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général
Salary $512,483 + benefits $4,617
#56Shaf Keshavjee
$512,457
University Health Network·Surgeon-In-Chief
Salary $511,093 + benefits $1,363
#57Neil Turok
$511,647
Perimeter Institute·Director
Salary $510,523 + benefits $1,123
#58Larry Flynn
$507,427
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation·Senior Vice President Gaming / Vice-président principal, Jeu
Salary $506,589 + benefits $837
#59John Kelton
$506,985
McMaster University·Dean and Vice President (Health Sciences)
Salary $496,494 + benefits $10,491
#60Matthew Anderson
$506,205
William Osler Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $478,454 + benefits $27,752
#61Nicole Onetto
$501,592
Ontario Institute of Cancer Research·Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Salary $500,529 + benefits $1,063
#62Christopher J. Paige
$497,184
University Health Network·Executive Vice President
Salary $448,398 + benefits $48,786
#63Meric Gertler
$494,521
University of Toronto·President, University Of Toronto
Salary $438,892 + benefits $55,629
#64Joao Amaral
$493,403
The Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $492,367 + benefits $1,037
#65Michael Temple
$492,903
The Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $491,867 + benefits $1,037
#66Arthur Slutsky
$491,817
St. Michael's Hospital·Vice President, Research
Salary $486,028 + benefits $5,789
#67Edward Brown
$489,534
Ontario Telemedicine Network·Chief Executive Officer/Chef de la direction
Salary $478,845 + benefits $10,689
#68Andy Smith
$489,097
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Executive
Salary $453,751 + benefits $35,347
#69Michael Strong
$487,218
University of Western Ontario·Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor
Salary $487,126 + benefits $92
#70Altaf Stationwala
$485,507
Mackenzie Health·President And Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $471,524 + benefits $13,983
#71Dave R. Williams
$485,157
Southlake Regional Health Centre·Chief Executive Officer & President
Salary $482,664 + benefits $2,492
#72Philip John
$484,903
The Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $483,867 + benefits $1,037
#73Dimitri Parra
$484,903
The Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $483,867 + benefits $1,037
#74John Hsu
$483,411
University of Toronto·Chief Operating Officer, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $482,845 + benefits $566
#75Tim Rutledge
$483,370
North York General Hospital·President And Chief Executive Officer
Salary $468,700 + benefits $14,670
#76Marilyn Monk
$482,640
The Hospital for Sick Children·Executive Vice President, Clinical
Salary $481,421 + benefits $1,218
#77Franco Vaccarino
$481,821
University of Guelph·President
Salary $423,648 + benefits $58,173
#78Craig C. Earle
$481,089
Ontario Institute of Cancer Research·Program Director, Health Services Research Program
Salary $479,871 + benefits $1,218
#79Sean Granville
$479,674
Ontario Power Generation·Deputy Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $466,003 + benefits $13,671
#80Maureen Jensen
$479,192
Ontario Securities Commission·Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer / Directrice générale et chef des services administratifs
Salary $477,390 + benefits $1,801
#81Ken Tremblay
$478,968
Peterborough Regional Health Centre·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $474,116 + benefits $4,852
#82Monica Kowal
$475,145
Ontario Securities Commission·Chair & Vice Chair / Présidente et vice-présidente
Salary $472,981 + benefits $2,165
#83Mark Crowther
$474,473
McMaster University·Professor
Salary $474,278 + benefits $194
#84Glenn Hubert
$474,461
Ontario Pension Board·Managing Director, Private Debt/Directeur général, Obligations de sociétés fermées
Salary $473,910 + benefits $551
#85Mamdouh Shoukri
$470,815
York University·President And Vice Chancellor
Salary $463,105 + benefits $7,710
#86Suzanne Laughlin
$466,302
The Hospital for Sick Children·Neuroradiologist
Salary $465,265 + benefits $1,037
#87Elysa Widjaja
$465,514
The Hospital for Sick Children·Neuroradiologist
Salary $464,477 + benefits $1,037
#88Barbara Keenan
$465,510
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, People & Culture
Salary $459,925 + benefits $5,584
#89Susan Blaser
$464,727
The Hospital for Sick Children·Neuroradiologist
Salary $463,690 + benefits $1,037
#90Denise Hardenne
$463,532
Halton Healthcare Services·President/Chief Executive Officer
Salary $461,370 + benefits $2,162
#91Gillian Kernaghan
$463,275
St. Joseph's Health Care, London·President & Chief Executive Officer
Salary $445,575 + benefits $17,700
#92Dezso Horvath
$461,741
York University·Dean / Professor
Salary $461,741 + benefits $0
#93Mihnea (Michael) Moldoveanu
$461,399
University of Toronto·Vice Dean, Learning And Innovation And Professor Of Business Economics
Salary $460,833 + benefits $566
#94Andrea Doria
$461,014
The Hospital for Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $459,977 + benefits $1,037
#95Robert F. Biron
$459,220
The Scarborough Hospital·President And Chief Executive Officer
Salary $446,533 + benefits $12,687
#96Robert N. Peter
$459,178
Liquor Control Board of Ontario·President & Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général
Salary $440,194 + benefits $18,985
#97Kevin Clinton
$458,465
Ontario Pension Board·Vice President, Investment Counsel/Vice-président, Conseils en placements
Salary $457,911 + benefits $554
#98Maria Gospodarowicz
$456,237
University Health Network·Director, Radiation Medicine
Salary $456,165 + benefits $72
#99Justine Jackson
$455,471
University Health Network·Executive Vice President
Salary $417,866 + benefits $37,605
#100Christopher Whitaker
$455,257
Humber College·President
Salary $432,765 + benefits $22,491

Ranked by each person’s highest single disclosure in the year: a duplicate filing collapses to one row, and a person with two employers appears once, at their higher-paying role. Ties are broken alphabetically by name.

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