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Ontario Sunshine List 2020

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2020 is worth about $119,854 in 2025 dollars.

2020 data last updated .

2020 Overview

On the List

205,855

+23.2% vs 2019

Total Compensation

$26.1B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$125,870

-1.2% vs 2019

Top Earner

$1,236,057

Kenneth Hartwick · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +23.2% (38,757)
Average salary change: -1.2% (-$1,526)

Top Earners
2020

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Sector Breakdown
2020

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 12 sectors, Municipalities & Services: $6,525,459,753 (52,506 people); School Boards: $4,802,429,950 (43,954 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $4,092,828,457 (33,927 people); Universities: $3,454,682,318 (22,020 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $2,443,757,856 (18,963 people); Ontario Power Generation: $1,295,553,368 (8,301 people); Crown Agencies: $1,235,385,070 (9,332 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $1,098,485,228 (8,162 people); Colleges: $903,981,876 (7,569 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $136,689,082 (580 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $56,330,963 (405 people); Seconded to Ministries: $16,742,083 (136 people).$0$4B$8BMunicipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices52,506School Boards43,954Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health33,927Universities22,020Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries18,963Ontario Power GenerationOntario…eration8,301Crown Agencies9,332Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers8,162Colleges7,569Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary580Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices405Seconded to MinistriesSeconde…istries136

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2019 → 2020

Kenneth Hartwick at Ontario Power Generation had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2020 Sunshine List: $929,764 to $1,228,517, up 32.1%.

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
2019 → 2020

Glenn Jager at Ontario Power Generation had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2020 Sunshine List: $473,863 to $200,218, down 57.7%.

New to the List
2020

47,477 people are new to the 2020 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Michael Martelli at Ontario Power Generation ($850,332).

Left the List
2019 → 2020

13,199 people on the 2019 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2020 list; Ontario Power Generation had the most, 607.