Counsel

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Counsel are $183,910.80 and $153,734.26, respectively.

In 2025, Naizam Kanji, holding the position of General Counsel at the Ontario Securities Commission received the highest salary of $446,744.62 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Kirsten Manley-casimir, serving as the Counsel at Attorney General , earned the highest salary of $387,829.00 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

In the year 2025, the highest-paying organizations for Counsel and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Cabinet Office with an average pay of $386,427.89; Superior Court of Justice with an average pay of $326,405.81; Humber River Health with an average pay of $311,697.70; Office of the Worker Adviser with an average pay of $285,385.31; and City of Toronto - Toronto Transit Commission with an average pay of $285,298.89.

A total of 251 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 Counsel and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Government of Ontario - Judiciary with an average pay of $326,405.81; Government of Ontario - Ministries with an average pay of $253,035.07; and Government of Ontario - Legislative Assembly and Offices with an average pay of $200,435.58.

There were 11 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 Counsel is 35.54% male and 64.46% female, respectively.