Ontario Sunshine List 2021

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The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2021 is worth about $115,960 in 2025 dollars.

2021 data last updated .

2021 Overview

On the List

244,456

+18.8% vs 2020

Total Compensation

$30.4B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$123,742

-1.7% vs 2020

Top Earner

$1,635,786

Kenneth Hartwick · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +18.8% (38,601)
Average salary change: -1.7% (-$2,128)

Top Earners
2021

#1Kenneth Hartwick
$1,635,786
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Dominique Miniere
$1,527,441
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Strategy Officer
#3Sean Granville
$1,067,062
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer
#4Michael Martelli
$1,014,592
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Projects Officer
#5Kevin Smith
$932,246
University Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
#6Ronald Cohn
$851,941
The Hospital For Sick Children·President and Chief Executive Officer
#7Phil Verster
$851,867
Metrolinx·President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction
#8Andy Smith
$850,180
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·President, Chief Executive Officer
#9Matthew Anderson
$830,221
Ontario Health·Chief Executive Officer/Chef de la direction
#10Penny Sutcliffe
$808,356
Public Health Sudbury And Districts·Medical Officer of Health

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Sector Breakdown
2021

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 12 sectors, School Boards: $8,594,876,625 (80,447 people); Municipalities & Services: $6,753,750,051 (53,834 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $3,777,231,225 (30,580 people); Universities: $3,642,037,675 (23,096 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $2,643,529,809 (20,312 people); Ontario Power Generation: $1,336,087,176 (8,520 people); Crown Agencies: $1,295,903,641 (9,811 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $1,194,956,025 (8,796 people); Colleges: $943,642,001 (7,864 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $152,028,087 (630 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $58,808,899 (424 people); Seconded to Ministries: $17,339,421 (142 people).$0$5.0B$10.0BSchool Boards80,447Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices53,834Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health30,580Universities23,096Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries20,312Ontario Power GenerationOntario…eration8,520Crown Agencies9,811Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers8,796Colleges7,864Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary630Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices424Seconded to MinistriesSeconde…istries142

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2020 → 2021

Penny Sutcliffe at Public Health Sudbury And Districts had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2021 Sunshine List: $347,325 to $800,726, up 130.5%.

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.

Penny Sutcliffe+130.5%
Public Health Sudbury And Districts·Medical Officer of Health
$347,325 → $800,726
Kenneth Hartwick+32.5%
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
$1,228,517 → $1,628,246
Dominique Miniere+34.6%
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Strategy Officer
$1,131,767 → $1,523,519
Mark Knutson+65.9%
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Enterprise Engineering and Chief Nuclear Engineer
$396,916 → $658,384
Jackie Schleifer Taylor+96.5%
London Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
$265,381 → $521,397
Gary Sobchak+132.8%
Ontario Power Generation·Trades Management Supervisor- Maintenance
$190,597 → $443,743
Lianne Catton+64.1%
Board Of Health For The Porcupine Health Unit·Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer
$361,864 → $593,659
Liyan Yang+135.0%
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance
$171,261 → $402,464
Jelena M Pushin+187.7%
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·Pathologist
$118,548 → $341,067
Bruce Sawadsky+209.5%
ORNGE·Chief Medical Officer/Médecin en chef
$101,132 → $313,029

Biggest Cuts
2020 → 2021

Kamaldine Oudjhane at The Hospital For Sick Children had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2021 Sunshine List: $467,991 to $219,104, down 53.2%.

Kamaldine Oudjhane-53.2%
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
$467,991 → $219,104
Kiran Jakate-61.4%
Unity Health Toronto·Laboratory Physician
$294,565 → $113,663
Susan Jewell-48.6%
University Health Network·Senior Vice President
$327,956 → $168,637
Christine Herrera-59.0%
Langs Farm Village Association·Physician
$268,492 → $110,090
Donald Short-57.3%
Superior Court Of Justice·Case Management Master
$269,871 → $115,339
Ryan Reeson-48.3%
Ontario Power Generation·Work Control Team Leader
$312,751 → $161,547
Daniel Gravelle-46.0%
Ontario Power Generation·Shift Emergency Response Manager
$321,184 → $173,306
Paul Giardetti-41.3%
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President Regional Operations
$346,620 → $203,322
Catherine Kehoe-44.3%
Ontario Court Of Justice·Judge
$316,573 → $176,193
Onorio Colucci-49.3%
City Of Windsor·Chief Administrative Officer
$278,349 → $140,984

New to the List
2021

52,235 people are new to the 2021 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Alfred Hannay at Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation ($593,841).

#1Alfred Hannay
$595,377
Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
#2David Branch
$514,036
Ontario Major Junior Hockey League·Commissioner
#3Sonia Baxendale
$517,806
Global Risk Institute In Financial Services·President and Chief Executive Officer
#4Anne C Corbett
$454,904
Ontario Health·General Counsel and Executive Lead - Legal Privacy and Risk/Avocate générale et directrice générale, Services juridiques, confidentialité et risques
#5Ronald Bodkin
$463,989
Vector Institute·Vice-President, Artificial Intelligence Engineering and Chief Information Officer
#6Lesley Gallinger
$392,291
Independent Electricity System Operator·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
#7Dr. Jennifer Loo
$381,335
Board Of Health For The District Of Algoma Health Unit·Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer
#8Rosana Salvarterra
$385,765
Peterborough County-City Health Unit·Medical Officer of Health
#9Stéphane Brutus
$365,960
University Of Ottawa·Doyen(ne) / Dean
#10Stephen Lund
$359,584
GTA Region Investment Attraction (o/a Toronto Global)·Chief Executive Officer

Left the List
2020 → 2021

17,415 people on the 2020 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2021 list; City of Toronto had the most, 676.