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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The chart excludes sectors with a total paid less than 10 million in 2025.

The chart excludes sectors with a total employer less than 10 in 2025.

The 2025 Sunshine List comprises 18 sectors or industries, 2,352 employers, 404,922 employees, and a total compensation of $54,639,715,732.32.

Sectors # of Employers # of Employees Total Paid
Colleges 24 10,926 $1,441,509,103.90
Crown Agencies 76 19,087 $2,667,268,274.66
Government of Ontario - Judiciary 2 733 $209,543,408.51
Government of Ontario - Legislative Assembly and Offices 8 800 $118,709,012.76
Government of Ontario - Ministries 32 35,897 $5,205,026,999.02
Hospitals and Boards of Public Health 151 74,777 $9,504,837,554.64
Municipalities and Services 432 92,492 $12,412,036,247.02
Ontario Power Generation 4 10,672 $1,858,743,125.25
Other Public Sector Employers 1,441 15,721 $2,171,561,426.43
School Boards 82 112,654 $13,882,603,710.41
Seconded (Cabinet Office) 1 1 $125,284.15
Seconded (Children, Community and Social Services) 1 1 $168,904.84
Seconded (Citizenship and Multiculturalism) 7 7 $1,004,571.83
Seconded (Education) 38 132 $17,229,162.01
Seconded (Health) 3 4 $1,402,330.30
Seconded (Solicitor General) 17 42 $6,232,188.87
Seconded (Tourism, Culture and Sport) 1 1 $163,766.44
Universities 32 30,975 $5,141,550,661.28