2016 was the 20th year of the Sunshine List.
Every year, the province of Ontario publishes a list of public employees who received in excess of $100,000 per year. This policy is valid for all agencies that receive public funding from the province. Information to be disclosed includes names, positions, and total salaries (salary paid and taxable benefits).
This list captures a growing number of public servants from municipalities, school boards, hospitals, universities, colleges, and many charities, which hit a new record of 123,410 names in 2016.
The total amount of money being paid by each agency varied from C$100,088.29 to C$1,115,975,030, the Ontario Power Generation.
How much did the agencies pay their employees
earning more than C$100,000 in 2016?
Each tick represents one of the 1,154 agencies. Hover to see more details.
Who were the highest paid people of each sector?
The highest paid person was from the largest payer. Jeff Lyash, Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Power Generation, received a combined salary of C$1,165,701.85 in 2016.
Other notable top salaries include: William Moriarty, president and CEO of the University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation: $1,045,582. Jill Pepall, executive VP, Ontario Pension Board: $835,389.
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Judge Judge and Peace Case Management Master |
Number of People: 613 Average: C$208,558.73 Most Common Salary Group: C$130,000 241 people |
Name: Donald Short Louann Pope Robert A. J. Muir Barbara McAfee May Jean Thomas Hawkins Andrew Andrew Ronna Brott Carol Albert Albert Abrams |
Salary: C$376,791.56 Employer: Superior Court of Justice Job Title: Case Management Master |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Law Enforcement Officer Assistant Crown Attorney Investigator Counsel Team Leader |
Number of People: 14,096 Average: C$124,745.47 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 2,599 people |
Name: Kumar Gupta |
Salary: C$494,894.22 Employer: Community Safety and Correctional Services Job Title: Coroner |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Member of Provincial Parliament Audit Director Audit Supervisor Adjudicator Audit Manager |
Number of People: 268 Average: C$135,262.55 Most Common Salary Group: C$115,000 35 people C$135,000 35 people |
Name: Bonnie Lysyk |
Salary: C$314,205.55 Employer: Office of the Auditor General Job Title: Auditor General of Ontario |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nuclear Operator Senior Technical Engineer/Officer Electrical and Control Technician Mechanical Technician First Line Manager Control/Mechanical |
Number of People: 7,730 Average: C$144,369.34 Most Common Salary Group: C$120,000 708 people C$125,000 708 people |
Name: Jeffrey Lyash (highest of the list) |
Salary: C$1,165,701.85 Employer: Ontario Power Generation Job Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Constable Sergeant Firefighter Captain Detective |
Number of People: 35,724 Average: C$119,343.95 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 7,705 people |
Name: Marc Pourvahidi |
Salary: C$448,734.40 Employer: Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Job Title: Chief Administrative Officer |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor Faculty Member Full Professor |
Number of People: 17,952 Average: C$150,870.03 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 1,191 people |
Name: William Moriarty |
Salary: C$1,046,194.34 Employer: University of Toronto Job Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Professor Coordinator Counsellor Associate Dean Chair Librarian |
Number of People: 5,375 Average: C$114,177.30 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 2,261 people |
Name: Christopher Whitaker |
Salary: C$493,786.32 Employer: Humber College Job Title: President |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Secondary Teacher Elementary Principal Elementary Teacher Principal Vice principal |
Number of People: 18,528 Average: C$115,017.99 Most Common Salary Group: C$100,000 3,919 people |
Name: John Malloy Donna Quan |
Salary: C$290,299.52 Employer: Toronto District School Board Job Title: Director Of Education Special Advisor, Supervisory Officers |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Manager, Operations Appeals Resolution Officer Senior Legal Counsel Principale Legal Counsel Project Manager Duty Counsel, Criminal |
Number of People: 4,742 Average: C$135,141.10 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 781 people |
Name: Jill Pepall |
Salary: C$836,116.70 Employer: Ontario Pension Board Job Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Registered Nurse Pharmacist Nurse Practitioner Manager Director Psychologist |
Number of People: 13,361 Average: C$129,141.34 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 781 people |
Name: Peter Pisters |
Salary: C$831,717.40 Employer: University Health Network Job Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Common Job Titles | Summary | Highest Paid Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Executive Director Physician Nurse Practitioner Property Valuation Specialist Supervisor Critical Care Paramedic |
Number of People: 6,047 Average: C$134,796.80 Most Common Salary Group: C$105,000 976 people |
Name: Bruce Campbell |
Salary: C$622,892.58 Employer: Independent Electricity System Operator Job Title: President and CEO |
Methodologies:
Data source: Ontario Ministry of Finance.
Sunshinlist.com was also used to verify data, especially duplicates and mismatches.
1. OpenRefine was used to clean and cluster duplicates and unaligned names of the same companies, people, and job titles. Duplicates and mismatches still potentially exist in the cleaned dataset.
2. ScaleLog was used to smooth out the difference among people's salary to make it possible to apply color coding.
3. Indivisual's salary has been rounded (int(round(salary_2016/5000)*5000)) and grouped for the sake of a better organized distribution chart.
4. The analysis of the changes of salaries over years didn't include the influence of inflation. Indiviual was possibly the employee of differenet institutes in different years or even in the same year.