About SunshineListStats.com

Providing transparency and unbiased analysis of public sector compensation across Canada.

Purpose

SunshineListStats.com (the "Site") was developed to provide taxpayers across Canada with a comprehensive and unbiased tool to analyze the Sunshine List. It operates as a free service to the public, with the belief that a more informed citizenry leads to greater transparency in government.

Credit

The Site, including all data analysis and calculations, was made entirely by a single Ontario resident without support, affiliation, or endorsement from any private or public entities.

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Data Collection

The Site relies exclusively on the publicly available sunshine lists available for download via the official provincial government portals.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the Manitoba Sunshine List and how public sector salary disclosure works.

What is the Manitoba Sunshine List?

The Manitoba Sunshine List is the annual public disclosure of Manitoba public sector employees who were paid $75,000 or more in a calendar year. It covers government ministries, municipalities, health authorities, school boards, colleges and universities, and provincial agencies.

Who is the highest-paid public sector employee in Manitoba?

Hisham Tassi, Physician, Internist at Northern Regional Health Authority, was the highest-paid employee on the 2021 Manitoba Sunshine List with a salary of $996,009.

See Hisham Tassi's salary history →

How many people are on the Manitoba Sunshine List?

The 2021 Manitoba Sunshine List includes more than 6,000 public sector employees — everyone who was paid $75,000 or more by a covered employer in 2021. The list typically grows each year because the threshold is fixed while salaries rise.

What is the Sunshine List salary threshold?

In Manitoba, the disclosure threshold is $75,000 per calendar year. Because the threshold is not adjusted for inflation, more employees cross it every year.

When is the Manitoba Sunshine List released?

Disclosures are published annually, covering the previous calendar or fiscal year. The most recent Manitoba data on this site covers 2021.

Who is included on the Manitoba Sunshine List?

The list covers Manitoba's public sector: government ministries and agencies, municipalities, health authorities, school boards, colleges and universities, and provincial Crown corporations. Anyone at a covered employer paid $75,000 or more in salary appears, from front-line staff to chief executives.

Does the Sunshine List include benefits?

Yes. The disclosure reports salary paid and taxable benefits as separate amounts. Taxable benefits can include things like a car or housing allowance; standard health, dental and pension contributions are not counted because they are not taxable income. Employee profiles on this site show both salary and taxable benefits, along with salary history across every year a person appears on the list.

How do I check if a name is on the Sunshine List?

Type any name into the search bar on this page. If that person was paid $75,000 or more by a covered Manitoba public sector employer, their employer, position, salary and taxable benefits will appear, including past years.

Search people on the Sunshine List →

How do I get my name removed from the Sunshine List?

The salary data is public information published each year by the Manitoba government, and the official record cannot be changed by us. If you have a privacy or safety concern about how your record appears on this site, you can submit a removal request and we will review it.

Request a removal or correction →

Why do some names appear more than once?

A person appears once for each year they were paid $75,000 or more, so someone who has been on the list for many years has multiple entries — that full history is shown together on their profile. A name can also appear more than once in a single year if the person held positions at more than one covered employer.

Why is someone missing from the Sunshine List?

Someone will not appear if they were paid less than $75,000 in salary that year, if they work for a private company (even one with government contracts), or if their employer is not covered by public sector salary disclosure. A person can also be absent for a given year if they joined the public sector after that year's list was published.

Is there a federal Sunshine List for Government of Canada employees?

No. The federal Government of Canada does not publish a list that names individual employees and their salaries; it discloses salary ranges and totals by department instead. Individual public sector salary disclosure exists only at the provincial level, in provinces such as Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Is Canada Post on the Sunshine List?

No. Canada Post is a federal Crown corporation, so it falls under federal jurisdiction and is not covered by any province's public sector salary disclosure law. There is no equivalent federal disclosure that names individual Canada Post employees.

How do I find everyone who works at a specific employer?

Search the organization's name, or open any employer page to see everyone from that employer on the list ranked by salary, along with pay trends and the top earners.

Browse Manitoba employers →

Is this site affiliated with the Government of Manitoba?

No. SunshineListStats is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Manitoba. We organize the salary disclosure data that the Manitoba government publishes each year and make it easier to search, compare and understand.

Why is it called the Sunshine List?

The name comes from the idea of "letting the sunshine in" on public spending — making taxpayer-funded salaries open and transparent. The nickname stuck and is now used for public sector salary disclosures across Canada.