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Ontario Sunshine List 2022

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2022 is worth about $108,598 in 2025 dollars.

2022 data last updated .

2022 Overview

On the List

266,903

+9.2% vs 2021

Total Compensation

$33.5B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$124,938

+1.0% vs 2021

Top Earner

$1,733,608

Kenneth Hartwick · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +9.2% (22,447)
Average salary change: +1.0% ($1,196)

Top Earners
2022

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Sector Breakdown
2022

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 12 sectors, School Boards: $8,622,808,998 (80,371 people); Municipalities & Services: $7,829,146,063 (61,020 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $5,009,452,177 (40,951 people); Universities: $3,829,993,729 (24,067 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $2,780,135,370 (21,161 people); Crown Agencies: $1,510,170,940 (11,309 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $1,365,925,895 (10,069 people); Ontario Power Generation: $1,329,680,339 (8,377 people); Colleges: $1,013,957,443 (8,369 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $160,178,561 (637 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $61,245,812 (439 people); Seconded to Ministries: $16,661,736 (133 people).$0$5.0B$10.0BSchool Boards80,371Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices61,020Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health40,951Universities24,067Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries21,161Crown Agencies11,309Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers10,069Ontario Power GenerationOntario…eration8,377Colleges8,369Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary637Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices439Seconded to MinistriesSeconde…istries133

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2021 → 2022

Jayne Danska at The Hospital For Sick Children had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2022 Sunshine List: $282,276 to $717,965, up 154.3%.

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
2021 → 2022

Dietmar Reiner at Ontario Power Generation had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2022 Sunshine List: $788,714 to $299,569, down 62.0%.

New to the List
2022

38,908 people are new to the 2022 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Jennifer L Gray at Metrolinx ($433,689).

Left the List
2021 → 2022

21,123 people on the 2021 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2022 list; Toronto District School Board had the most, 1,098.