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Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 2020

The 2020 top 100 ranges from $1,236,057 down to $481,149 in total compensation. Hospitals & Boards of Public Health accounts for 42% of this list, followed by Crown Agencies at 18%. Making the cut took $481,149 in total compensation this year, up 1.4% from $474,512 the year before.

These are the 2020 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

#1Kenneth Hartwick
$1,236,057
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $1,228,517 + benefits $7,540
#2Dominique Miniere
$1,135,690
Ontario Power Generation·President, Nuclear
Salary $1,131,767 + benefits $3,923
#3Kevin Smith
$932,495
University Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $844,992 + benefits $87,503
#4Sean Granville
$904,057
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $901,606 + benefits $2,451
#5Michael Martelli
$853,831
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Projects Officer
Salary $850,332 + benefits $3,499
#6Dietmar Reiner
$820,160
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Nuclear Projects
Salary $817,862 + benefits $2,298
#7Randy Lockwood
$819,222
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Pickering
Salary $818,892 + benefits $330
#8Ronald Cohn
$809,249
The Hospital For Sick Children·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $737,013 + benefits $72,235
#9Timothy Rutledge
$804,387
Unity Health Toronto·President And Chief Executive Officer
Salary $776,412 + benefits $27,975
#10Stephen Rigby
$798,524
Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $797,309 + benefits $1,216
#11Mark Fuller
$798,113
Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $797,475 + benefits $638
#12Andy Smith
$788,372
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $736,153 + benefits $52,219
#13Catherine Zahn
$764,946
Centre For Addiction And Mental Health·President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale
Salary $704,491 + benefits $60,455
#14Phil Verster
$754,951
Metrolinx·President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction
Salary $742,127 + benefits $12,824
#15William Reichman
$737,731
Baycrest Centre For Geriatric Care·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $722,875 + benefits $14,856
#16Dr. Kenneth Boss
$714,306
North Bay Regional Health Centre·Psychiatrist/Psychiatre
Salary $714,306 + benefits $0
#17Gary Newton
$707,580
Sinai Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $705,928 + benefits $1,652
#18Michelle Diemanuele
$699,368
Trillium Health Partners·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $696,393 + benefits $2,976
#19Daren Smith
$692,541
University Of Toronto·President and Chief Investment Officer, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $692,239 + benefits $302
#20Thomas Stewart
$684,657
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton·Chief Executive Officer, St. Joseph’s Health System
Salary $659,161 + benefits $25,496
#21Christopher Ginther
$647,728
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Administrative Officer
Salary $640,913 + benefits $6,815
#22Gadi Mayman
$646,064
Ontario Financing Authority·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $645,282 + benefits $782
#23David G. Vingoe
$645,046
Ontario Securities Commission·Chair and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $642,573 + benefits $2,473
#24Matthew Anderson
$643,565
Ontario Health·Chief Executive Officer/Chef de la Direction
Salary $639,065 + benefits $4,500
#25Barbara Collins
$642,562
Humber River Hospital·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $628,699 + benefits $13,863
#26Michael Sherar
$636,807
Ontario Health·President and Chief Exeuctive Officer, Cancer Care Ontario/Président-directeur général, Action Cancer Ontario
Salary $636,569 + benefits $238
#27Ian Arra
$633,201
Grey Bruce Health Unit·Medical Officer of Health / Chief Executive Officer
Salary $631,510 + benefits $1,691
#28Robert Macisaac
$632,950
Hamilton Health Sciences·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $631,485 + benefits $1,464
#29Dante Morra
$604,105
Trillium Health Partners·Chief of Staff
Salary $600,971 + benefits $3,135
#30Sharon Hodgson
$587,350
University Of Western Ontario·Dean / Lawrence C Tapp Chair of Leadership
Salary $538,893 + benefits $48,458
#31George Soleas
$586,895
Liquor Control Board Of Ontario·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général
Salary $567,865 + benefits $19,030
#32Paul Woods
$586,831
London Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $569,250 + benefits $17,581
#33Scott Jarrett
$586,793
Humber River Hospital·Executive Vice President, Clinical Programs and Patient Services
Salary $578,841 + benefits $7,951
#34Edward Brown
$578,490
Ontario Health·Executive Lead, Population Health and Value-Based Health Systems/Directeur général, Santé de la population et système de santé axé sur la valeur
Salary $574,666 + benefits $3,824
#35Altaf Stationwala
$571,666
MacKenzie Health·President And Chief Executive Officer
Salary $558,154 + benefits $13,512
#36Donna Marafioti
$569,300
Ontario Health·Co-Executive Lead, Human Resources/Codirectrice générale, ressources humaines
Salary $569,300 + benefits $0
#37Peter Gregg
$565,081
Independent Electricity System Operator·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $564,227 + benefits $854
#38William Mitchell
$561,336
University Of Toronto·Professor of Strategic Management
Salary $557,435 + benefits $3,901
#39David Pichora
$561,121
Kingston Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer \ Présidente et chef de la direction
Salary $559,999 + benefits $1,122
#40Joshua Tepper
$560,397
North York General Hospital·President And Chief Executive Officer
Salary $558,492 + benefits $1,906
#41Manohar Shroff
$555,106
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist-In-Chief
Salary $554,292 + benefits $813
#42Dezso Horvath
$554,987
York University·Professor and Dean Emeritus
Salary $554,987 + benefits $0
#43Elizabeth Buller
$552,781
Scarborough Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $531,960 + benefits $20,821
#44Duncan Stewart
$550,942
The Ottawa Hospital·Executive Vice President – Research/Vice-président exécutif, Recherche
Salary $540,771 + benefits $10,171
#45John Mauti
$549,712
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President – Finance
Salary $548,701 + benefits $1,011
#46Dick Zoutman
$543,697
Scarborough Health Network·Chief Of Staff
Salary $540,056 + benefits $3,641
#47Rima Al-Awar
$541,632
Ontario Institute For Cancer Research·Director and Senior Scientist
Salary $540,394 + benefits $1,238
#48Daniel Cass
$541,563
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·Executive Vice President Chief Medical Executive
Salary $520,608 + benefits $20,955
#49Tina Dacin
$540,729
Queen’s University·Professor, Smith Chair, Director (Community Impact Research Program)
Salary $540,437 + benefits $292
#50Steven Davidson
$539,396
Cabinet Office·Secretary of the Cabinet
Salary $534,302 + benefits $5,095
#51Brian D. Hodges
$534,721
University Health Network·Executive Vice President
Salary $526,014 + benefits $8,707
#52Charles O’Reilly
$531,670
University Of Toronto·Head of Public Equities, Investments, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Salary $531,368 + benefits $302
#53Steve Gregoris
$530,745
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Darlington
Salary $528,283 + benefits $2,462
#54Michael Allen
$530,247
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Nuclear Refurbishment
Salary $530,247 + benefits $0
#55Janice Skot
$528,332
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $465,619 + benefits $62,713
#56Mark White
$528,159
Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario·Chief Executive Officer / Directeur général
Salary $526,513 + benefits $1,646
#57Melissa Horner
$525,626
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton·President
Salary $512,129 + benefits $13,496
#58Thomas Teahen
$525,530
Workplace Safety And Insurance Board·President and Chief Executive Officer\Président-directeur général
Salary $516,236 + benefits $9,294
#59Alan Shepard
$522,683
University Of Western Ontario·President and Vice-Chancellor
Salary $484,000 + benefits $38,683
#60Yung Wu
$522,670
MaRS Discovery District·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $509,700 + benefits $12,970
#61Ronald Gagnon
$518,665
Grand River Hospital Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $516,746 + benefits $1,919
#62Elspeth Murray
$517,817
Queen’s University·Associate Dean (Master of Business Administration Programs and Master of Management Programs), Associate Professor
Salary $517,525 + benefits $292
#63Andrew Mccallum
$517,083
ORNGE·President and Chief Executive Officer/ Président et directeur général
Salary $516,160 + benefits $923
#64Shaf Keshavjee
$516,844
University Health Network·Surgeon-In-Chief
Salary $515,653 + benefits $1,191
#65Doris Grinspun
$516,752
Registered Nurses Association Of Ontario·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $516,118 + benefits $634
#66Ehren Cory
$515,063
Ontario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)·President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général
Salary $510,343 + benefits $4,721
#67Linda Rabeneck
$513,426
Ontario Health·Vice President/Vice-présidente
Salary $510,628 + benefits $2,799
#68Joao Amaral
$510,147
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $509,333 + benefits $813
#69Dimitri Parra
$509,647
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $508,833 + benefits $813
#70Richard Reznick
$509,637
Queen’s University·Professor
Salary $509,345 + benefits $292
#71Robert Myers
$509,440
Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics·Director
Salary $508,435 + benefits $1,005
#72Denise Hardenne
$509,251
Halton Healthcare Services Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $507,128 + benefits $2,123
#73Thomas Parker
$507,913
Unity Health Toronto·Executive Vice President Medical Affairs And Clinical Programs
Salary $501,556 + benefits $6,357
#74Jean Major
$506,806
Alcohol And Gaming Commission Of Ontario·Chief Executive Officer and Registrar/Directeur général et registrateur
Salary $485,076 + benefits $21,731
#75Brian Golden
$506,800
University Of Toronto·Professor of Strategic Management
Salary $506,497 + benefits $302
#76Michael Temple
$505,647
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $504,833 + benefits $813
#77John Veinot
$503,538
Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA)·Pathologist/Pathologiste
Salary $501,607 + benefits $1,931
#78Timothy Moseley
$500,932
Ontario Securities Commission·Vice Chair / Vice-président
Salary $498,459 + benefits $2,473
#79Prakash Muthusami
$500,130
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $499,317 + benefits $813
#80Laszlo Radvanyi
$498,733
Ontario Institute For Cancer Research·President and Scientific Director
Salary $497,495 + benefits $1,238
#81Meric Gertler
$497,616
University Of Toronto·President, University of Toronto
Salary $438,892 + benefits $58,724
#82Stephen Scherer
$495,730
The Hospital For Sick Children·Senior Scientist
Salary $494,917 + benefits $813
#83Rhonda L. Lenton
$494,654
York University·President and Vice Chancellor / Professor
Salary $490,000 + benefits $4,654
#84Mashalah Eshghabadi
$494,547
Norfolk General Hospital·Medical Laboratory Director
Salary $494,547 + benefits $0
#85Homer Tien
$493,201
ORNGE·President and Chief Executive Officer/ Président et directeur général
Salary $490,113 + benefits $3,088
#86Christopher Fralick
$492,986
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operating Officer
Salary $490,644 + benefits $2,341
#87Cameron Love
$490,230
The Ottawa Hospital·President/Président
Salary $474,913 + benefits $15,317
#88Albert Lauwers
$490,172
Scarborough Health Network·Executive Vice President, Medical and Clinical Programs
Salary $483,351 + benefits $6,821
#89David Saunders
$489,818
Queen’s University·Professor
Salary $489,526 + benefits $292
#90Gregory Mckenzie
$488,415
Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation·Chief Operating Officer / Dirigeant principal, Exploitation
Salary $488,415 + benefits $0
#91Julia Hanigsberg
$487,806
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $475,451 + benefits $12,355
#92Glen Whyte
$486,996
University Of Toronto·Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
Salary $486,694 + benefits $302
#93Joel Baum
$486,599
University Of Toronto·Professor of Strategic Management
Salary $483,296 + benefits $3,302
#94Alexander Dyck
$485,445
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy
Salary $485,143 + benefits $302
#95Dr. Michael Gardam
$485,201
Humber River Hospital·Chief of Staff
Salary $479,205 + benefits $5,996
#96Franco Vaccarino
$483,597
University Of Guelph·Past President and Vice-Chancellor
Salary $469,069 + benefits $14,528
#97Salim Yusuf
$483,545
McMaster University·Professor
Salary $482,275 + benefits $1,270
#98Mark Saunders
$483,424
City Of Toronto – Police Service·Chief Of Police
Salary $481,515 + benefits $1,909
#99David Kaposi
$481,817
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President Chief Investment Officer
Salary $479,969 + benefits $1,848
#100Elysa Widjaja
$481,149
The Hospital For Sick Children·Neuroradiologist
Salary $480,336 + benefits $813

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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