Chief Executive Officer

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Chief Executive Officer are $248,219.76 and $201,236.49, respectively.

In 2025, Nicolle Butcher, holding the position of President And Chief Executive Officer at the Ontario Power Generation received the highest salary of $1,598,309.08 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Matthew Anderson, serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Ontario Health , earned the highest salary of $836,802.55 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

In the year 2025, the highest-paying organizations for Chief Executive Officer and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Ontario Power Generation with an average pay of $1,598,309.08; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre with an average pay of $807,246.72; Ontario Financing Authority with an average pay of $801,904.96; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health with an average pay of $717,791.02; and Scarborough Health Network with an average pay of $707,903.07.

A total of 744 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

In the year 2025, the highest-paying sector or industries for Chief Executive Officer and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Ontario Power Generation with an average pay of $1,053,583.09; Hospitals and Boards of Public Health with an average pay of $363,428.16; and Crown Agencies with an average pay of $331,968.45.

There were 9 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Chief Executive Officer is 39.37% male and 60.63% female, respectively.