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Ontario Sunshine List 2024

The $100,000 disclosure threshold has not been adjusted for inflation since 1996. $100,000 in 2024 is worth about $102,051 in 2025 dollars.

2024 data last updated .

2024 Overview

On the List

377,664

+25.6% vs 2023

Total Compensation

$50.3B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$132,497

+4.4% vs 2023

Top Earner

$2,018,436

Kenneth Hartwick · salary + benefits

Year over Year

Employee count change: +25.6% (77,094)
Average salary change: +4.4% ($5,557)

Top Earners
2024

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Sector Breakdown
2024

Total compensation by sector

Total compensation by sectorHorizontal bar chart of total compensation across 12 sectors, School Boards: $15,092,810,560 (118,048 people); Municipalities & Services: $10,000,025,379 (76,456 people); Hospitals & Boards of Public Health: $8,475,216,577 (67,492 people); Universities: $4,766,305,780 (29,163 people); Government of Ontario – Ministries: $4,124,641,777 (31,507 people); Crown Agencies: $2,529,639,814 (18,725 people); Other Public Sector Employers: $1,812,650,372 (13,313 people); Ontario Power Generation: $1,759,472,145 (10,267 people); Colleges: $1,427,318,425 (11,200 people); Government of Ontario – Judiciary: $171,844,551 (675 people); Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices: $92,586,831 (649 people); Seconded to Ministries: $24,399,413 (169 people).$0$10B$20BSchool Boards118,048Municipalities & ServicesMunicip…ervices76,456Hospitals & Boards of Public HealthHospita… Health67,492Universities29,163Government of Ontario – MinistriesGovernm…istries31,507Crown Agencies18,725Other Public Sector EmployersOther P…ployers13,313Ontario Power GenerationOntario…eration10,267Colleges11,200Government of Ontario – JudiciaryGovernm…diciary675Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and OfficesGovernm…Offices649Seconded to MinistriesSeconde…istries169

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
20232024

Michelle DiEmanuele at Cabinet Office had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2024 Sunshine List: $179,096 to $641,328, up 258.1%.

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
20232024

Michael Martelli at Ontario Power Generation had the largest decrease in disclosed pay on the 2024 Sunshine List: $972,747 to $573,712, down 41.0%.

New to the List
2024

80,694 people are new to the 2024 Sunshine List. The highest-paid was Peter N Werstiuk at Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories ($549,596).

Left the List
20232024

25,621 people on the 2023 Sunshine List did not appear on the 2024 list; Regional Municipality of Durham had the most, 1,175.