The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure

The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.

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Sonali Makawita

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Sonali Makawita served as the Director at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in 2025, received an annual salary of $186,509.06 and a taxable benefit of $282.71, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list. Sonali has held the same position since 2024 has been receiving six-figure yearly compensation.

$186,791.77

Total paid in 2025

$186,509.06

Salary

$282.71

Taxable Benefit

Gender: Female
Female
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Job Title :   Director
Employer :   St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Sector :   Hospitals and Boards of Public Health
Year :   2025

Comparing peers in identical roles within the organization

$187K
Low: $100K Avg: $178K High: $229K

Comparison with other individuals in similar positions in Ontario

$187K
Low: $100K Avg: $166K High: $698K
Bottom 90% Below Average Above Average Top 10%

Between 2020 and 2025, Sonali experienced an average annual increase of approximately 21.87% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. By 2025, Sonali's total pay had risen by 79.76% compared to the pay in 2020. Notably, during Sonali's tenure as Director, there has been a significant 11.13% rise in compensation over the past 1 year. Additional information can be found in the chart and table presented below.

Yearly Total Paid

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Year Job Title Salary Taxable Benefit Raise
2025 Director $186,509 $283 11.13%
2024 Director $167,820 $265 23.71%
2023 Senior Portfolio Business Manager $135,657 $211 30.75%
2020 Senior Manager $103,457 $455

The 2025 Sunshine List has 36 employees who held exactly same position title ( Director ) in the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

10 out of 36 employees

Full Name Salary Taxable Benefit
Deanna Burnet $194,605 $479
Angela Coxe $206,630 $0
Dhara Desai $194,366 $475
Teresa Difrancesco $186,705 $459
Erin Doherty $219,295 $622
Donna Johnson $225,441 $555
Cheryl Livingston $192,879 $476
Jane Loncke $225,441 $0
Paul Porteous $200,706 $490
Maria Puntillo $207,847 $169

The 2025 Sunshine List has 16812 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 16812 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Marcela Carena Lopez Executive Director Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics $698,412
Leslie Radvanyi President And Scientific Director Ontario Institute for Cancer Research $539,868
Zulfiqar Bhutta Co-Director, Global Child Health The Hospital for Sick Children $523,246
Joshua Basseches Director And Chief Executive Officer Royal Ontario Museum $522,690
Kevin Katz Director North York General Hospital $515,445
George Yousef Program Medical Director University Health Network $511,651
David Kirsch Director, Radiation Medicine University Health Network $478,394
Sasan Zandi Hematology Director Unity Health Toronto $474,007
Mashalah Eshghabadi Medical Laboratory Director Norfolk General Hospital $471,685
Dr Andrea Waddell Psychiatrist / Medical Director Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care $467,696