2015 Sunshine List: City of Toronto - Police Service top earners
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 City of Toronto - Police Service, 4,125 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $490,585,128.09 in 2014.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for City of Toronto - Police Service was Chief of Police WILLIAM STERLING BLAIR who brought home $349,259.68 in 2014.
Following WILLIAM STERLING BLAIR was Police Constable ABDULHAMEED VIRANI, who had annual earnings of $244,095.67. Chief Administrative Officer TONY VENEZIANO made $240,879.81, Deputy Chief PETER JOHN SLOLY made $240,873.65 and Plainclothes Police Constable SOON LUM round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $227,347.03 for the City of Toronto - Police Service 2015 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 4,125 City of Toronto - Police Service's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 1,416 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 2,484 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 207 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 17 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received over $300,000 at City of Toronto - Police Service.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2015 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2015 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2015 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 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.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.