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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In Ontario's 2025 Sunshine List, there were 16812 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $166,200.72

$166,200.72

Average Salary in 2025

$159,332.67

Median Salary in 2025

Male
40.51% 
Male
Female
59.49%
Female
16812 employees (Director)
1 16812
Low: $100K Median: $159K High: $698K

Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range.

16,122 employees received a salary between $100,000 - $249,603
651 employees received a salary between $249,603 - $399,206
38 employees received a salary between $399,206 - $548,808
1 employees received a salary between $548,808 - $698,411

Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.

What were the average and median salaries for a Director listed in the 2025 Ontario Government Sunshine List?

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Director are $166,200.72 and $159,332.67, respectively.

What is the highest salary for a Director in a public organization in Ontario?

In 2025, Marcela Carena Lopez, holding the position of Executive Director at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics received the highest salary of $698,411.51 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Kevin Katz, serving as the Director at North York General Hospital , earned the highest salary of $515,445.45 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

What are the top 5 public organizations in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Director?

In the year 2025, the highest-paying organizations for Director and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board with an average pay of $390,223.88; Ontario Brain Institute with an average pay of $348,906.90; Special Investigations Unit with an average pay of $331,899.06; Near North District School Board with an average pay of $313,518.33; and Upper Canada District School Board with an average pay of $311,260.99.

A total of 1861 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What are the top 3 public sectors in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Director?

In the year 2025, the highest-paying sector or industries for Director and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Ontario Power Generation with an average pay of $248,499.30; School Boards with an average pay of $223,341.16; and Seconded (Health) with an average pay of $209,918.78.

There were 13 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What is the representation of gender diversity for Director in Ontario?

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Director is 40.51% male and 59.49% female, respectively.

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

Yearly Average Paid

Year Total Employee Count Average Paid
202516,812$166,201
202516,812$166,201
202416,063$158,745
202315,018$154,049
202213,482$149,619
202112,211$148,380
202011,622$147,214
201910,727$145,426
201810,157$144,676
20179,725$142,063
20169,226$140,750
20158,945$140,309
20148,526$139,861
20138,070$137,906
20127,549$137,041
20117,083$136,200
20106,786$135,348
20096,340$135,412
20085,807$133,951
20075,046$131,887
20064,341$133,168
20052,719$127,619
20041,958$126,797
20032,213$126,843
20021,908$127,409
20011,329$125,485