Ontario Sunshine List 1997

SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 1996 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.

Salary Name Position
$233,625.00
earned in 1996
D CORNTHWAITE PRESIDENT & CEO, OH TECHNOLOGIES
Ontario Hydro
$232,669.00
earned in 1996
W. David Colby Physician
London Health Sciences Centre
$232,668.84
earned in 1996
Jacques Labelle President
Ottawa General Hospital
$227,382.76
earned in 1996
ROBERT R SHEPPARD Contract Psychiatrist
Health
$226,451.00
earned in 1996
Thomas Closson Chief Executive Officer
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
$225,999.00
earned in 1996
Maxwell L. Anderson Director
Art Gallery of Ontario
$223,963.00
earned in 1996
LR Marsden President
Wilfrid Laurier University
$220,314.00
earned in 1996
G. Coates Physician/Nuclear Medicine
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
$218,730.00
earned in 1996
D SCHETAKIS MANAGER, U.S. EQUITIES - PENSION FUND
Ontario Hydro
$218,290.00
earned in 1996
William Surphlis UC-FMCA Instructor
The University of Western Ontario
$217,836.08
earned in 1996
Hugh Graham Executive Director
The Rel. Hosp. of St. Joseph- Hotel Dieu of Kingston
$217,671.00
earned in 1996
JOSEPH MAPA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & C. O. O.
Mount Sinai Hospital
$216,002.00
earned in 1996
David Grimes Snr VP, Research & Clinical Adm.
Ottawa Civic Hospital
$215,153.00
earned in 1996
Hugh M. O'Brodovich Paediatrician-In-Chief
The Hospital for Sick Children
$213,276.00
earned in 1996
Robert McFarlane President & Chief Executive Officer
The Doctors Hospital
$213,175.25
earned in 1996
Susan Conner Chief Operating Officer
Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital
$212,946.00
earned in 1996
Allan Greve President & CEO
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton
$211,465.00
earned in 1996
Gail Paech President & CEO
Toronto East General & Orthpaedic Hospital Inc.
$209,800.00
earned in 1996
Robert Bear Executive V.P., Chief Medical Officer
St. Michael's Hospital
$209,277.48
earned in 1996
Larry Nicholson Physician
St. Joseph's Health Centre, London
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Published March 1997

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 1997

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:

1997 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 4,498 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $546,405,229.31 in 1996.

At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List

Topping the list for Ontario was PRESIDENT & CEO O KUPCIS, who brought home $502,853.00 in 1996.

Following O KUPCIS was Chief of Diagnostic Imaging Robert Vinson, with annual earnings of $392,800.80. President & CEO Michael Strofolino made $390,000.00, EXEC VP, CFO & MGNG DIR-CORP BUS GROUP E CLITHEROE made $383,800.00, and EXEC VP & MGNG DIR-CUSTOMER SERVICES GR J FOX round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $382,942.00 for the Ontario 1997 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 1996, 1,868 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 2,166 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 382 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 49 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 14 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 19 received over $300,000 at Ontario.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 1,868 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 2,166 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 382 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 49 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 14 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 19 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 1997 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 1997 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 1997 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.