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Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 2024

The 2024 top 100 ranges from $2,018,436 down to $516,480 in total compensation. Hospitals & Boards of Public Health accounts for 40% of this list, followed by Ontario Power Generation at 20%. Making the cut took $516,480 in total compensation this year, up 1.1% from $510,801 the year before.

These are the 2024 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

#1Kenneth Hartwick
$2,018,436
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $2,010,896 + benefits $7,540
#2Nicolle Butcher
$979,739
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer
Salary $978,380 + benefits $1,359
#3Kevin Smith
$977,024
University Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $883,097 + benefits $93,927
#4Steve Gregoris
$922,902
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $919,310 + benefits $3,591
#5Phil Verster
$897,817
Metrolinx·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $883,991 + benefits $13,827
#6Ronald Cohn
$887,710
The Hospital For Sick Children·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $870,013 + benefits $17,696
#7Subo Sinnathamby
$852,350
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Projects Officer
Salary $848,713 + benefits $3,637
#8Barbara Collins
$838,436
Humber River Health·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $816,238 + benefits $22,197
#9Aida Cipolla
$837,533
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Services Officer
Salary $835,094 + benefits $2,439
#10Matthew Anderson
$833,653
Ontario Health·Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général
Salary $823,200 + benefits $10,452
#11Jon Franke
$820,155
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Nuclear
Salary $818,174 + benefits $1,981
#12Mark Fuller
$816,726
Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $816,155 + benefits $572
#13Timothy Rutledge
$802,171
Unity Health Toronto·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $775,118 + benefits $27,053
#14Andy Smith
$764,940
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·President, Chief Executive Officer
Salary $715,059 + benefits $49,881
#15David Graham
$759,970
Scarborough Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $757,973 + benefits $1,996
#16Mark Knutson
$756,291
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Enterprise Engineering and Chief Nuclear Engineer
Salary $753,595 + benefits $2,696
#17Christopher Ginther
$744,152
Ontario Power Generation·Executive Vice President Business Strategy and Commercial Management
Salary $740,815 + benefits $3,337
#18Lesley Gallinger
$711,502
Independent Electricity System Operator·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $710,848 + benefits $654
#19Alan Aspuru-Guzik
$708,913
University Of Toronto·Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Salary $671,857 + benefits $37,056
#20David G. Vingoe
$699,862
Ontario Securities Commission·Chief Executive Officer / Chef de la direction
Salary $697,970 + benefits $1,892
#21Frank Martino
$699,504
William Osler Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $681,504 + benefits $18,000
#22Altaf Stationwala
$698,593
MacKenzie Health·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $684,007 + benefits $14,585
#23Dimitri Parra
$697,447
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $696,550 + benefits $897
#24Richard Leary
$694,985
City Of Toronto - Toronto Transit Commission·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $670,373 + benefits $24,613
#25Joao Amaral
$694,447
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $693,550 + benefits $897
#26Alessandro Gasparetto
$694,447
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $693,550 + benefits $897
#27Alfred Hannay
$690,479
Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $688,943 + benefits $1,536
#28Sarah Downey
$689,368
Centre For Addiction And Mental Health·President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale
Salary $683,399 + benefits $5,969
#29Gary Newton
$687,102
Sinai Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $684,005 + benefits $3,097
#30Kevin Chan
$683,592
London Health Sciences Centre·Vice President
Salary $670,879 + benefits $12,713
#31Karli Farrow
$679,790
Trillium Health Partners·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $676,217 + benefits $3,573
#32Gail Hunt
$670,810
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $611,845 + benefits $58,965
#33Birgit Betina Ertl-Wagner
$667,006
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist-In-Chief
Salary $666,108 + benefits $897
#34Brenda Macdonald
$666,267
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Commercial Officer
Salary $664,173 + benefits $2,094
#35Cameron Love
$663,591
The Ottawa Hospital·President/Président
Salary $647,124 + benefits $16,467
#36Steven Hoffman
$661,244
York University·Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair
Salary $660,467 + benefits $776
#37Moegamat Bakardien
$652,159
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Pickering
Salary $650,292 + benefits $1,867
#38Richard Geofroy
$650,350
Ontario Power Generation·Deputy Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $648,726 + benefits $1,625
#39Melissa Hogg
$648,404
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Administrative and Ethics Officer
Salary $647,205 + benefits $1,199
#40Gadi Mayman
$642,941
Ontario Financing Authority·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $642,146 + benefits $795
#41Michelle DiEmanuele
$642,009
Cabinet Office·Secretary of the Cabinet
Salary $641,328 + benefits $680
#42John Tibbits
$640,005
Conestoga College Institute Of Technology and Advanced Learning·President
Salary $636,107 + benefits $3,899
#43Meric Gertler
$635,776
University Of Toronto·President; Professor of Geography and Planning
Salary $555,450 + benefits $80,326
#44Doris Grinspun
$622,178
Registered Nurses Association Of Ontario·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $622,178 + benefits $0
#45Michael Lindsay
$621,233
Ontario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)·Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général
Salary $588,848 + benefits $32,385
#46Manohar Shroff
$616,551
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $615,711 + benefits $840
#47Elizabeth Buller
$609,862
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $585,000 + benefits $24,862
#48John Yoo
$607,885
University Of Western Ontario·Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor
Salary $607,795 + benefits $90
#49Daniel Cass
$607,439
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·Executive Vice President Chief Medical Executive
Salary $560,657 + benefits $46,782
#50Heather Ferguson
$601,722
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Business Development, Strategy and Corporate Affairs
Salary $600,963 + benefits $759
#51Kenneth Boss
$600,383
North Bay Regional Health Centre·Psychiatrist/Psychiatre
Salary $600,383 + benefits $0
#52Melissa Horner
$595,343
Halton Healthcare Services Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $592,745 + benefits $2,597
#53Sonia Baxendale
$594,253
Global Risk Institute In Financial Services·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $575,000 + benefits $19,253
#54Ronald Gagnon
$594,172
Grand River Hospital Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $591,248 + benefits $2,924
#55Robert Macisaac
$593,984
Hamilton Health Sciences·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $589,323 + benefits $4,661
#56David Kaposi
$582,579
Ontario Power Generation·Executive Vice President Investment Strategy and Business Development
Salary $580,621 + benefits $1,958
#57David Pichora
$581,251
Kingston Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer \ Président-directeur Générale
Salary $580,838 + benefits $412
#58Suzanne Laughlin
$575,182
The Hospital For Sick Children·Neuroradiologist
Salary $574,284 + benefits $897
#59Pradeep Krishnan
$574,614
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $573,716 + benefits $897
#60Helen Branson
$573,934
The Hospital For Sick Children·Neuroradiologist
Salary $573,036 + benefits $897
#61Robert Myers
$573,747
Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics·Director
Salary $573,186 + benefits $561
#62Michael Martelli
$573,712
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Projects Officer
Salary $573,712 + benefits $0
#63Shelley Babin
$570,590
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer - Atura Power
Salary $569,035 + benefits $1,554
#64George Soleas
$569,650
Liquor Control Board Of Ontario·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général
Salary $550,252 + benefits $19,398
#65Prakash Muthusami
$568,944
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $568,047 + benefits $897
#66Stephen Scherer
$566,822
The Hospital For Sick Children·Chief Research Institute
Salary $565,765 + benefits $1,056
#67Meredith Irwin
$565,477
The Hospital For Sick Children·Paediatrician-In-Chief SickKids and Chair Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Salary $564,420 + benefits $1,056
#68Rhonda Lenton
$563,990
York University·President and Vice- Chancellor/Professor
Salary $546,633 + benefits $17,357
#69Boris Vulanovic
$563,465
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Nuclear Refurbishment
Salary $561,870 + benefits $1,596
#70David Goldreich
$555,135
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance
Salary $554,829 + benefits $306
#71Jane Philpott
$552,707
Queen’s University·Chair, Connecting Every Ontarian to Primary Health Care Initiative
Salary $552,435 + benefits $272
#72Mikhail Simutin
$551,736
University Of Toronto·Associate Professor of Finance
Salary $543,015 + benefits $8,720
#73James Wallace
$551,480
Supply Ontario·Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général
Salary $550,000 + benefits $1,480
#74Peter N Werstiuk
$551,023
Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $549,596 + benefits $1,428
#75Lynn Guerriero
$550,884
Niagara Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction
Salary $535,997 + benefits $14,888
#76Anthony Tang
$550,027
University Of Western Ontario·Professor/Medical Doctor
Salary $550,000 + benefits $27
#77Serge Imbrogno
$548,678
Environment, Conservation and Parks·Deputy Minister
Salary $509,731 + benefits $38,947
#78Paul Seguin
$547,013
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Pickering
Salary $544,604 + benefits $2,408
#79Guy Chartrand
$546,528
Bruyère Continuing Care·Président- directeur général / President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $535,885 + benefits $10,644
#80Gergely Orencsak
$541,777
Finance·Deputy Minister
Salary $535,203 + benefits $6,573
#81Rupinder Taggar
$540,012
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·Executive Vice President
Salary $504,630 + benefits $35,382
#82Joshua Basseches
$536,076
Royal Ontario Museum·Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général
Salary $533,111 + benefits $2,965
#83Dragan Popovic
$535,542
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Small Modular Reactor Execution
Salary $533,965 + benefits $1,577
#84Sarita Verma
$531,955
Northern Ontario School Of Medicine·President Emerita
Salary $522,440 + benefits $9,515
#85Leslie Radvanyi
$529,815
Ontario Institute For Cancer Research·President and Scientific Director
Salary $528,461 + benefits $1,354
#86David Farrar
$528,908
McMaster University·President and Vice-Chancellor
Salary $518,942 + benefits $9,966
#87Terence Cunningham
$527,061
Ontario Power Generation·Vice President Nuclear Projects
Salary $525,558 + benefits $1,503
#88Brian Golden
$526,497
University Of Toronto·Professor of Strategic Management
Salary $526,239 + benefits $258
#89Stephen Michael Smith
$526,400
University Health Network·Laboratory Physician
Salary $525,850 + benefits $550
#90Alan Shepard
$526,205
University Of Western Ontario·President and Vice-Chancellor
Salary $484,000 + benefits $42,205
#91Bernard Jasmin
$525,993
University Of Ottawa·Doyenne, doyen / Dean
Salary $525,913 + benefits $80
#92William Strange
$525,503
University Of Toronto·Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
Salary $525,287 + benefits $215
#93Alexander Barron
$525,236
London Health Sciences Centre·Vice President
Salary $514,607 + benefits $10,628
#94Zulfiqar Bhutta
$523,331
The Hospital For Sick Children·Co-Director, Global Child Health
Salary $522,882 + benefits $449
#95Heather Mcpherson
$521,708
Women’s College Hospital·President and Corporate Executive Officer/Président et directeur général / Présidente et directrice générale
Salary $520,166 + benefits $1,542
#96Tina Dacin
$520,527
Queen’s University·Professor, Smith Chair
Salary $520,255 + benefits $272
#97Govind Chavhan
$518,716
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $517,819 + benefits $897
#98Susan Christoffersen
$517,700
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance
Salary $515,282 + benefits $2,418
#99Vivek Goel
$517,144
University Of Waterloo·President
Salary $515,000 + benefits $2,144
#100Brian Silverman
$516,480
University Of Toronto·Professor of Strategic Management
Salary $516,222 + benefits $258

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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