Energy
Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
- Employees: 115
- Positions: 74
- Sum of all salaries: $15,335,480.66
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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
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 Energy, including:
Top Salaries at Energy in the 2025 Sunshine List
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Deputy Minister$303,509.26
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Supply Policy$243,700.11
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Chief of Staff$241,960.77
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Conservation and Renewable Energy$210,784.55
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Network and Agency Policy$209,291.25
2025 Ontario Sunshine List: Energy Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Energy's 115 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $15,335,480.66 in 2024.
At the top of the Energy Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Energy was Deputy Minister Virve Susanna Laaksonen-Craig, who brought home $303,509.26 in 2024.
Following Virve Susanna Laaksonen-Craig was Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Supply Policy Steen Hume, with annual earnings of $243,700.11. Chief of Staff David Donovan made $241,960.77, Assistant Deputy Minister, Conservation and Renewable Energy Tamara Gilbert made $210,784.55, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Network and Agency Policy Karen Moore round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $209,291.25 for the Energy 2025 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2024, 22 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 72 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 16 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Energy.
Salary breakdown
- 22 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
- 72 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
- 16 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
- 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
- 1 employee made more than $300,000
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2025 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employers List.