Ontario Sunshine List 2023

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The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2023 is worth about $104,519 in 2025 dollars.

2023 data last updated .

2023 Overview

On the List

300,570

+12.6% vs 2022

Total Compensation

$38.4B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$126,940

+1.6% vs 2022

Top Earner

$1,932,912

Kenneth Hartwick · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +12.6% (33,667)
Average salary change: +1.6% ($2,002)

Top Earners
2023

#1Kenneth Hartwick
$1,932,912
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Dominique Miniere
$1,197,801
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Strategy Officer
#3Michael Martelli
$975,925
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Projects Officer
#4Kevin Smith
$935,612
University Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
#5Christopher Ginther
$897,052
Ontario Power Generation·Executive Vice President Business Strategy and Commercial Management
#6Nicolle Butcher
$896,070
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer
#7Ronald Cohn
$869,052
The Hospital For Sick Children·President and Chief Executive Officer
#8Phil Verster
$851,490
Metrolinx / Metrolinx·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
#9Matthew Anderson
$831,803
Ontario Health / Santé Ontario·Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général
#10Mark Fuller
$827,111
Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) / Commission Du Régime De Retraite Des Fonctionnaires De L'Ontario (Commission Du Régime De Retraite D)·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction

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Sector Breakdown
2023

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 12 sectors, School Boards: $8,613,033,139 (80,281 people); Municipalities & Services: $8,473,158,809 (65,787 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $7,419,247,597 (58,698 people); Universities: $4,240,297,496 (26,232 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $3,013,005,747 (23,113 people); Crown Agencies: $1,830,416,689 (13,563 people); Ontario Power Generation: $1,606,045,276 (9,489 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $1,601,947,429 (11,788 people); Colleges: $1,318,210,559 (10,332 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $165,974,267 (645 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $71,099,377 (508 people); Seconded to Ministries: $17,084,619 (134 people).$0$5.0B$10.0BSchool Boards80,281Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices65,787Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health58,698Universities26,232Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries23,113Crown Agencies13,563Ontario Power GenerationOntario…eration9,489Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers11,788Colleges10,332Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary645Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices508Seconded to MinistriesSeconde…istries134

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2022 → 2023

Sarah Downey at Centre For Addiction And Mental Health had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2023 Sunshine List: $166,661 to $625,574, up 275.4%.

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.

Sarah Downey+275.4%
Centre For Addiction And Mental Health·President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale
$166,661 → $625,574
Linda Mohri+112.1%
Centre For Addiction And Mental Health·Senior Vice President Clinical Care/Vice-Présidente Principale, Soins Cliniques
$318,697 → $675,832
Aaron Gordon+299.9%
Algoma University·Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics
$102,606 → $410,357
Jon Franke+59.6%
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Pickering A
$503,705 → $803,730
Tammy Quigley+233.7%
London Health Sciences Centre·Corporate Executive
$124,109 → $414,172
Sangeetha Kalimuthu+106.6%
University Health Network·Laboratory Physician
$206,556 → $426,681
Nicolle Butcher+30.8%
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer
$684,307 → $894,783
Wendy Chong+152.4%
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·Registered Nurse
$130,888 → $330,372
Kenneth Hartwick+11.5%
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
$1,726,068 → $1,925,372
Benjamin Thompson+148.9%
University Of Waterloo·Professor
$130,515 → $324,806

Biggest Cuts
2022 → 2023

Sean Granville at Ontario Power Generation had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2023 Sunshine List: $680,344 to $268,370, down 60.6%.

Sean Granville-60.6%
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer Transition
$680,344 → $268,370
Jayne Danska-56.9%
The Hospital For Sick Children·Senior Scientist
$717,965 → $309,397
Jean-Philippe Julien-59.6%
The Hospital For Sick Children·Senior Scientist
$556,717 → $225,187
Bryan Macculloch-47.3%
Regional Municipality Of Niagara - Niagara Reg. Police·Chief of Police
$675,509 → $356,231
John Mauti-49.0%
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President - Finance
$600,203 → $306,310
Matthew Pero-67.2%
Ontario Power Generation·Project Leader
$421,113 → $138,250
Craig Freeburn-59.8%
Ontario Power Generation·Section Manager
$407,414 → $163,895
Sahar Ghasemifarkoush-56.4%
University Health Network·Nurse, Registered
$341,082 → $148,721
Monica Hau-63.4%
Regional Municipality Of Peel·Associate Medical Officer of Health
$294,155 → $107,608
Chris Jones-51.2%
Ontario Power Generation·Field Shift Operating Supervisor
$353,464 → $172,315

New to the List
2023

50,920 people are new to the 2023 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Partha Sarat Mohanram at University Of Toronto ($521,203).

#1Partha Sarat Mohanram
$521,332
University Of Toronto·Professor of Accounting
#2Yeheskel (He Bar-Isaac
$478,882
University Of Toronto·Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
#3Thomas Anthony Gaffney
$450,318
Vector Institute·President and Chief Executive Officer
#4Dushyantkuma Vyas
$404,921
University Of Toronto·Associate Professor, Department of Management
#5Claudia Martinez Rios Arellano
$395,806
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
#6Dr Rebecca Van Iersel
$386,907
Waypoint Centre For Mental Health Care·Physician / Medical Director
#7Varun Chaudhary
$372,529
McMaster University·Professor
#8I-Wen (Clair Tsai
$367,737
University Of Toronto·Professor of Marketing
#9Jeffrey Latimer
$360,305
Canada's Walk Of Fame·Chief Executive Officer
#10Caroline Kim
$359,664
Ontario Court Of Justice / Cour De Justice De L'ontario·Judge / Juge

Left the List
2022 → 2023

24,057 people on the 2022 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2023 list; Toronto District School Board had the most, 1,735.