2016 Sunshine List: Ontario Court of Justice 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 Ontario Court of Justice, 603 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $119,864,871.06 in 2015.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Ontario Court of Justice was Judge / Juge Lise Maisonneuve who brought home $316,890.18 in 2015.
Following Lise Maisonneuve was Judge / Juge Faith Finnestad, who had annual earnings of $312,865.68. Judge / Juge John Payne made $312,865.68, Judge / Juge Hugh Fraser made $305,391.28 and Judge / Juge Kathryn Hawke round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $305,391.28 for the Ontario Court of Justice 2016 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 603 Ontario Court of Justice's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 10 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 312 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 7 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 6 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 252 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 16 received over $300,000 at Ontario Court of Justice.
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 analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2016 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.