Ontario Sunshine List 2016

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2015 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$104,167.12
earned in 2015
Aaron John Morrison Police Constable
City of Toronto - Police Service
$112,504.74
earned in 2015
Aaron Joseph Akeson Sergeant
City of Toronto - Police Service
$109,415.27
earned in 2015
Aaron Matthew Putman Plainclothes Police Constable
City of Toronto - Police Service
$105,136.38
earned in 2015
Aaron Nathaniel Broad Police Constable
City of Toronto - Police Service
$114,076.07
earned in 2015
Aaron Ross Groskopf Police Constable
City of Toronto - Police Service
$142,653.37
earned in 2015
Aaron Royce Macdonald Detective
City of Toronto - Police Service
$100,032.55
earned in 2015
Aaron Scott Dixon Police Constable
City of Toronto - Police Service
$129,535.31
earned in 2015
Aaron Sui Lun Pun Human Resources Manager Corporate Learning & Leadership Development
City of Toronto
$102,942.16
earned in 2015
Aaronn Zuk Constable
Regional Municipality of Peel - Police Services
$108,038.29
earned in 2015
Aarthi Visva Clinical Resource Leader
The Scarborough Hospital
$101,846.15
earned in 2015
Aarthi Iyer Resource Pharmacist
Trillium Health Partners
$127,556.97
earned in 2015
Aarti Patel Principal, Elementary
Toronto District School Board
$100,736.66
earned in 2015
Aashish Rajhans Team Leader / Chef d'équipe
Transportation
$120,003.01
earned in 2015
Aasif Khakoo Project Director
South East Toronto Family Health Team
$118,609.46
earned in 2015
Aasim Ansari Sergeant
City of Ottawa - Police Services
$104,860.71
earned in 2015
Aatesh Gupta Operator
City of Toronto - Toronto Transit Commission
$108,514.93
earned in 2015
Aatif Choudhry Assistant Curriculum Leader, Secondary
Toronto District School Board
$114,711.47
earned in 2015
Aatika Imran Physician
London InterCommunity Health Centre
$120,046.02
earned in 2015
Aba Stevens Legal Counsel / Avocate
Ontario Securities Commission
$136,498.94
earned in 2015
Abass Braimah Faculty Member
Carleton University
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Published March 2016

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2016

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Ontario, including:

2016 Ontario Sunshine List: Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Ontario's 115,912 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $14,728,930,954.33 in 2015.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was Chief Executive Officer Designate Thomas Mitchell, who brought home $1,528,933.36 in 2015.

Following Thomas Mitchell was President And Chief Executive Officer, University Of Toronto Asset Management Corporation William Moriarty, with annual earnings of $1,473,445.98. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / Vice-présidente principale et directrice des finances Barbara Gail Anderson made $844,745.92, Executive Vice President Operations, Sport and Venue Management / Vice-président directeur, Opérations, sports et gestion des sites Allen K. Vansen made $802,079.83, and Nuclear President & Chief Nuclear Officer Glenn Jager round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $793,359.07 for the Ontario 2016 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2015, 44,048 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 54,153 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 12,623 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3,112 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1,072 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 904 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 44,048 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 54,153 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 12,623 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 3,112 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1,072 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 904 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2016 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2016 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2016 Employers List.

Sunshine List Resources

Here are the Frequently Asked Questions about the Ontario Sunshine List.

The Ontario Sunshine List is the Ministry of Finance's listing of salary, benefits, and severance information. The Ontario Sunshine List is the province's annual list of public sector employees and publicly-funded agency employees paid more than $100,000 annually. For a complete list of names, go to SunhineListStats.com

In 1996 the Ontario Sunshine List began as a way to ensure accountability to taxpayers through Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. The annual list of public sector employees who earn over $100,000 per year or greater.

In 2021 Kenneth Hartwick, the Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Power Generation, led the pack by making $1,628,246. Interestingly, Ontario Power Generation employees made up the top four positions of the highest earners on the Sunshine List.

SunhineListStats.com aims to spotlight government spending and public funding to create awareness of where your money is being spent as a taxpayer. It lets taxpayers compare the performance of an organization with the compensation given to the people running it.

No, the Ontario Sunshine List does not include non-taxable benefits such as pension costs. The Sunshine List includes salaries and taxable benefits.

The Ontario Sunshine List is calculated by using a list of taxable salary, benefits, and severance information.

Yes, the Sunshine List does include bonuses, salaries, overtime, severances, and benefits.

In Ontario, teachers earn a salary between $51,263 and $94,612 per year in 2021.

Toronto mayor John H. Tory made $202,949.20 per year in 2021, according to the Ministry of Finance's Ontario Sunshine List public sector salary disclosure.

Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Ontario, 244,390 staffers made the list, earning a total salary of $30,240,295,606.44 (more than thirty billion) in 2021.

In 2021 there were approximately 244,00 people on the Sunshine List making more than $100,000 per year. This is an increase of approximately 19% or 39,000 people over the 2020 Sunshine List.

The Ontario Sunshine List aims to shed light on government expenditures. The Sunshine List also helps the Ministry of Finance identify public sector employees who earn over $100,000 in salary and above.

Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.

Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.

Yes, the Ontario Sunshine List includes bonuses, as these are taxable benefits.

The $100,000 annual income is calculated before taxes. If these public sector employees are paid $100,000 or more, then the total of these taxable benefits has to be disclosed.

Doug Ford made $208,974.00 in 2021, although the average range for public sector employees in this category on the Sunshine List is $100,000 to $180,000 annually.

In 2021 the adjusted inflation rate of 3.36% brought the Sunshine List threshold to $159,300.