Top 100 Ontario Sunshine List Salaries, 2025
The 2025 top 100 ranges from $1,910,992 down to $556,792 in total compensation. Hospitals & Boards of Public Health accounts for 36% of this list, followed by Ontario Power Generation at 21%. Making the cut took $556,792 in total compensation this year, up 7.8% from $516,480 the year before.
These are the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List's 100 highest-paid public sector employees, as disclosed under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
#1Kenneth Hartwick
$1,910,992
Ontario Power Generation·Special Advisor
Salary $1,907,409 + benefits $3,583
#2Nicolle Butcher
$1,598,309
Ontario Power Generation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $1,596,218 + benefits $2,091
#3Steve Gregoris
$1,096,651
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Nuclear Officer
Salary $1,092,855 + benefits $3,796
#4Kevin Smith
$1,038,847
University Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $939,603 + benefits $99,244
#5Aida Cipolla
$1,016,119
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
Salary $1,013,496 + benefits $2,623
#6Subo Sinnathamby
$985,253
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Projects Officer
Salary $981,476 + benefits $3,777
#7Ronald Cohn
$897,739
The Hospital For Sick Children·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $880,013 + benefits $17,725
#8Mark Knutson
$859,793
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Enterprise Engineering and Chief Nuclear Engineer
Salary $856,947 + benefits $2,845
#9Matthew Anderson
$836,803
Ontario Health·Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général
Salary $826,000 + benefits $10,802
#10Jon Franke
$828,637
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Nuclear
Salary $826,655 + benefits $1,981
#11Mark Fuller
$826,236
Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $826,236 + benefits $0
#12Andy Smith
$807,247
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre·President, Chief Executive Officer
Salary $757,366 + benefits $49,881
#13Gadi Mayman
$801,905
Ontario Financing Authority·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $801,046 + benefits $859
#14Tracey Macarthur
$786,575
Hamilton Health Sciences·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $773,658 + benefits $12,917
#15Barbara Collins
$777,679
Humber River Health·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $760,359 + benefits $17,319
#16Cameron Love
$766,198
The Ottawa Hospital·President/Président
Salary $744,249 + benefits $21,949
#17Darwin Louis Bozek
$760,982
Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $760,411 + benefits $572
#18Shelley Babin
$750,849
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Operations Officer
Salary $748,469 + benefits $2,379
#19Kumar Gupta
$750,440
Solicitor General·Coroner
Salary $750,440 + benefits $0
#20Katherine A Hay
$730,444
Kids Help Phone·President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Retired Designate
Salary $729,754 + benefits $690
#21Brenda Macdonald
$729,740
Ontario Power Generation·Chief Commercial Officer
Salary $727,479 + benefits $2,261
#22Michelle DiEmanuele
$720,554
Cabinet Office·Secretary of the Cabinet
Salary $700,826 + benefits $19,727
#23Sarah Downey
$717,791
Centre For Addiction And Mental Health·President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale
Salary $703,615 + benefits $14,176
#24Frank Martino
$710,460
William Osler Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $692,460 + benefits $18,000
#25Lesley Gallinger
$708,974
Independent Electricity System Operator·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $708,319 + benefits $654
#26David Graham
$707,903
Scarborough Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $705,941 + benefits $1,962
#27David Kaposi
$703,541
Ontario Power Generation·Executive Vice President Investment Strategy and Business Development
Salary $701,432 + benefits $2,109
#28David G. Vingoe
$699,720
Ontario Securities Commission·Chief Executive Officer / Chef de la direction
Salary $697,973 + benefits $1,747
#29Paul Seguin
$699,346
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Pickering
Salary $696,667 + benefits $2,678
#30Marcela Carena Lopez
$698,412
Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics·Executive Director
Salary $650,000 + benefits $48,412
#31Alfred Hannay
$693,454
Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction
Salary $691,918 + benefits $1,536
#32Timothy Rutledge
$692,265
Unity Health Toronto·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $675,196 + benefits $17,068
#33Gary Newton
$686,805
Sinai Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $684,005 + benefits $2,800
#34Alan Aspuru-Guzik
$684,041
University Of Toronto·Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Salary $649,993 + benefits $34,048
#35Si Truong
$679,722
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Information Technology Leader/Advisor
Salary $673,028 + benefits $6,694
#36Dr Nadiya Sunderji
$672,118
Waypoint Centre For Mental Health Care·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $658,752 + benefits $13,366
#37Karli Farrow
$667,255
Trillium Health Partners·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $663,623 + benefits $3,633
#38Prakash Muthusami
$663,358
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $662,440 + benefits $919
#39Gail Hunt
$662,334
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $604,438 + benefits $57,896
#40Altaf Stationwala
$661,216
MacKenzie Health·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $653,923 + benefits $7,293
#41Julian Birkinshaw
$658,561
University Of Western Ontario·Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor
Salary $656,640 + benefits $1,921
#42Birgit Betina Ertl-Wagner
$657,089
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist-In-Chief
Salary $656,171 + benefits $919
#43Lynn Guerriero
$653,183
Niagara Health System·President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction
Salary $638,451 + benefits $14,732
#44Boris Vulanovic
$652,222
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Small Modular Reactor Execution
Salary $650,523 + benefits $1,698
#45Doris Grinspun
$650,965
Registered Nurses Association Of Ontario·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $650,965 + benefits $0
#46Sonia Baxendale
$645,132
Global Risk Institute In Financial Services·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $625,000 + benefits $20,132
#47Ronald Gagnon
$643,418
Waterloo Regional Health Network·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $640,357 + benefits $3,061
#48Dr. Kenneth Boss
$641,139
North Bay Regional Health Centre·Psychiatrist/Psychiatre
Salary $641,139 + benefits $0
#49Dragan Popovic
$637,694
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President, Small Modular Reactor Execution
Salary $636,306 + benefits $1,388
#50John Yoo
$632,807
University Of Western Ontario·Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor
Salary $632,707 + benefits $100
#51Allan Grace
$632,099
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Darlington
Salary $630,367 + benefits $1,733
#52Steve Bagshaw
$630,084
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Operations
Salary $627,469 + benefits $2,615
#53Heather Ferguson
$629,299
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Business Development and Corporate Affairs
Salary $628,509 + benefits $790
#54George Soleas
$627,631
Liquor Control Board Of Ontario·President and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général
Salary $606,574 + benefits $21,057
#55Anthony Tang
$625,030
University Of Western Ontario·Professor/Medical Doctor
Salary $625,000 + benefits $30
#56Steven Hoffman
$622,459
York University·Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair
Salary $621,502 + benefits $956
#57Brian Golden
$616,858
University Of Toronto·Professor of Strategic Management
Salary $616,607 + benefits $251
#58Nishan Duraiappah
$611,678
Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services·Chief of Police
Salary $604,449 + benefits $7,229
#59Michael Heenan
$609,055
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $592,155 + benefits $16,900
#60John Tibbits
$606,445
Conestoga College Institute Of Technology and Advanced Learning·President
Salary $601,684 + benefits $4,761
#61David Pichora
$606,178
Kingston Health Sciences Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer \ Président-directeur Générale
Salary $606,171 + benefits $6
#62Mikhail Simutin
$603,115
University Of Toronto·Associate Professor of Finance
Salary $593,667 + benefits $9,448
#63David Goldreich
$602,270
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance
Salary $601,972 + benefits $298
#64Joao Amaral
$600,349
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $599,431 + benefits $919
#65Gary Kent
$600,089
Regional Municipality Of Peel·Chief Administrative Officer
Salary $581,808 + benefits $18,280
#66Meredith Irwin
$599,083
The Hospital For Sick Children·Paediatrician-In-Chief SickKids and Chair Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Salary $597,998 + benefits $1,085
#67Priyal Thakrar
$598,474
Ontario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)·Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President,/ Chef de la direction financière et vice-président exécutif
Salary $582,568 + benefits $15,907
#68Richard Leary
$598,317
City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission·Chief Executive Officer
Salary $597,192 + benefits $1,125
#69Theodore Brown
$598,224
University Of Toronto·Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Salary $598,159 + benefits $64
#70Zarir Khansaheb
$598,094
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Integrated Fleet Management
Salary $597,295 + benefits $799
#71Melissa Horner
$598,069
Halton Healthcare Services Corporation·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $595,472 + benefits $2,597
#72William Strange
$596,242
University Of Toronto·Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
Salary $596,033 + benefits $210
#73Connie Dejak
$590,915
Runnymede Healthcare Centre·President and Chief Executive Officer
Salary $578,051 + benefits $12,864
#74Meric Gertler
$588,914
University Of Toronto·Professor of Geography and Planning
Salary $555,450 + benefits $33,464
#75Muhammad Mamdani
$588,344
Unity Health Toronto·Vice President Data Science Advanced Analytics Quality Performance Information Management
Salary $586,765 + benefits $1,579
#76Helen Branson
$587,157
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $586,239 + benefits $919
#77Pradeep Krishnan
$584,562
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $583,643 + benefits $919
#78Luca Ceccato
$584,555
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Nuclear Refurbishment
Salary $582,927 + benefits $1,628
#79George Chiramel
$580,349
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $579,431 + benefits $919
#80Alessandro Gasparetto
$580,349
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $579,431 + benefits $919
#81Dimitri Parra
$580,349
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $579,431 + benefits $919
#82Sharon Straus
$579,411
Unity Health Toronto·Executive Vice President Clinical and Chief Medical Officer
Salary $574,832 + benefits $4,579
#83Christopher Filippi
$578,633
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $577,714 + benefits $919
#84Wei-Yi (Scott) Liao
$576,190
University Of Toronto·Professor of Accounting
Salary $573,981 + benefits $2,210
#85Dilip Soman
$575,529
University Of Toronto·Professor of Marketing
Salary $575,404 + benefits $126
#86Partha Sarat Mohanram
$573,321
University Of Toronto·Professor of Accounting
Salary $573,196 + benefits $126
#87Glen Whyte
$572,918
University Of Toronto·Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
Salary $572,792 + benefits $126
#88Robert Myers
$571,374
Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics·Faculty
Salary $570,912 + benefits $462
#89Greg Meredith
$571,045
Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development·Deputy Minister
Salary $537,391 + benefits $33,654
#90Michael D'Souza
$569,767
Ontario Power Generation·Field Shift Operating Supervisor
Salary $561,418 + benefits $8,349
#91Angela Clayton
$568,954
Ontario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)·Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général
Salary $545,609 + benefits $23,345
#92Thomas Anthony Gaffney
$567,001
Vector Institute·Special Advisor to the Chair
Salary $534,173 + benefits $32,828
#93Wendy Rotenberg
$565,316
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance
Salary $565,190 + benefits $126
#94Mihnea Moldoveanu
$563,644
University Of Toronto·Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
Salary $557,620 + benefits $6,024
#95Suzanne Laughlin
$563,166
The Hospital For Sick Children·Radiologist
Salary $562,247 + benefits $919
#96Robert Yeung
$561,643
Ontario Financing Authority·Chief Treasury and Investment Officer
Salary $561,087 + benefits $556
#97Craig Andrew Doidge
$561,419
University Of Toronto·Professor of Finance
Salary $561,168 + benefits $251
#98Heather Mcpherson
$561,233
Women's College Hospital·President and Corporate Executive Officer/Président et directeur général/Présidente et directrice générale
Salary $559,790 + benefits $1,443
#99Cynthia Domjancic
$556,916
Ontario Power Generation·Senior Vice President Human Resources and Chief Ethics Officer
Salary $554,772 + benefits $2,144
#100Jane Philpott
$556,792
Queen's University·Chair, Connecting Every Ontarian to Primary Health Care Initiative
Salary $556,520 + benefits $272
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.