Last Updated On 15 April 2024, 4:43 AM EDT (Toronto Time)
The provincial government released the new Ontario Sunshine List 2024 on March 27, and Ontario Power Generation employs five of the highest-paid public employees.
The official Sunshine List of Ontario 2024 lists all government employees paid more than $100,000 in 2023 and includes 300,570 names, up from 267,000 in 2022.
Based on the Sunshine List, the total compensation adds up to more than $38 billion in annual salaries paid to these executives.
Kenneth Hartwick, CEO of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), is again the highest-paid executive, earning little more than $1.9 million.
Another executive, Dominique Miniere, from the Ontario Power Generation (OPG), got nearly $1.2 million in salaries.
All five of the highest-paid executives in the public sector in 2023 worked for OPG.
Other top earners on the Sunshine list include:
- Ronald Cohn, President and CEO of the Hospital for Sick Children: $851,414
- Kevin Smith, President and CEO of the University Health Network: $844,992
- Phil Verster, Metrolinx CEO: $838,097
- Mark Fuller, President and CEO of Ontario Pension Board: $826,539
- Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health ($821,000)
Salaries Of Renowned Public Personalities in Sunshine List Ontario
Ontario Premier Doug Ford got $208,974 in salary during 2023, which is unchanged compared to 2022.
Interestingly, his salary is less than that of some of his staffers, which includes his chief of staff, who will earn around $324,000 in 2023.
Other publicly renowned personalities salaries in 2024 are listed below:
- $562,325 for TTC CEO Rick Leary
- $346,303 for Jamie Wallace, Ford’s former chief of staff and current CEO of Supplies Ontario.
- $464,148 for Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health.
- $455,091 for Dr. Dirk Huyer, the Chief Coroner.
- $395,974 for Bonnie Lysyk, the Auditor General.
- $373,472 for Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique.
- $174,950 for Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader
- $129,438 for Bonnie Crombie, Former Mississauga Mayor
List of the Top Public Sector Earners More Than $500K in Ontario.
Below is the list of 106 public sector workers that earned more than half a million annually in 2023.
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| Kenneth Hartwick | $1,925,372 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Dominique Miniere | $1,194,533 | Chief Strategy Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Michael Martelli | $972,747 | Chief Projects Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Nicolle Butcher | $894,783 | Chief Operations Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Christopher Ginther | $889,925 | Executive Vice President Business Strategy and Commercial Management | Ontario Power Generation |
| Ronald Cohn | $851,414 | President and Chief Executive Officer | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Kevin Smith | $844,992 | President and Chief Executive Officer | University Health Network |
| Phil Verster | $838,097 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | Metrolinx / Metrolinx |
| Mark Fuller | $826,539 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) / Commission Du Régime De Retraite Des Fonctionnaires De L’Ontario (Commission Du Régime De Retraite D) |
| Matthew Anderson | $821,000 | Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général | Ontario Health / Santé Ontario |
| Steve Gregoris | $809,566 | Chief Nuclear Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Jon Franke | $803,730 | Senior Vice President Pickering A | Ontario Power Generation |
| Jackie Schleifer Taylor | $786,003 | President and Chief Executive Officer | London Health Sciences Centre |
| Timothy Rutledge | $771,236 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Unity Health Toronto |
| Andy Smith | $765,102 | President, Chief Executive Officer | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| Alfred Hannay | $709,582 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation / Société des loteries et des jeux de l’Ontario |
| Gary Newton | $705,928 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Sinai Health System |
| David G. Vingoe | $697,972 | Chief Executive Officer / Chef de la direction | Ontario Securities Commission / Commission des valeurs mobilières de l’Ontario |
| David Graham | $689,226 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Scarborough Health Network |
| Lesley Gallinger | $689,059 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction | Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d’électricité |
| Robert Macisaac | $687,201 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Hamilton Health Sciences |
| Birgit Betina Ertl-Wagner | $682,450 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Mark Knutson | $682,378 | Chief Enterprise Engineering and Chief Nuclear Engineer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Aida Cipolla | $679,657 | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President – Finance | Ontario Power Generation |
| Altaf Stationwala | $679,466 | President and Chief Executive Officer | MacKenzie Health |
| Linda Mohri | $675,832 | Senior Vice President Clinical Care/Vice-Présidente Principale, Soins Cliniques | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health |
| Karli Farrow | $668,325 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Trillium Health Partners |
| Michelle DiEmanuele | $663,841 | Secretary of the Cabinet / Secrétaire du Conseil des ministres | Trillium Health Partners |
| Elizabeth Buller | $657,635 | President and Chief Executive Officer | St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton |
| Gadi Mayman | $651,417 | Chief Executive Officer / Directeur général | Ontario Financing Authority / Office ontarien de financement |
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| Brian Golden | $650,860 | Professor of Strategic Management | University Of Toronto |
| Yung Wu | $650,625 | Chief Executive Officer | MaRS Discovery District |
| Cameron Love | $647,124 | President/Président | The Ottawa Hospital / L’Hopital d’Ottawa |
| Kenneth Dr. Boss | $639,131 | Psychiatrist/Psychiatre | North Bay Regional Health Centre / Centre regional de sante de North Bay |
| Mohit Bhandari | $632,225 | Professor | McMaster University |
| Barbara Collins | $628,700 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Humber River Health |
| Joao Amaral | $628,091 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Manohar Shroff | $625,902 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Sarah Downey | $625,574 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health |
| Dimitri Parra | $616,550 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Melissa Hogg | $612,792 | Chief Administrative and Ethics Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| David Pichora | $612,389 | President and Chief Executive Officer \ Président-directeur Générale | Kingston Health Sciences Centre |
| Brian Silverman | $611,828 | Professor of Strategic Management | University Of Toronto |
| Daniel Cass | $604,753 | Executive Vice President Chief Medical Executive | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
| Subo Sinnathamby | $601,856 | Chief Projects Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| Doris Grinspun | $601,376 | Chief Executive Officer | Registered Nurses Association Of Ontario |
| Sharon Hodgson | $596,392 | Dean (Ivey Business School)/Lecturer | University Of Western Ontario |
| Tracey Macarthur | $595,125 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale | Centre For Addiction And Mental Health |
| Johan Viljoen | $587,406 | Chief of Staff Executive Vice-President, Medical Affairs / Médecin-chef et vice-président directeur, Affaires médicales | Niagara Health System |
| Ronald Gagnon | $585,695 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Grand River Hospital Corporation |
| John Yoo | $584,737 | Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor | University Of Western Ontario |
| Brenda Macdonald | $582,920 | Senior Vice President New Growth and Commercial Management | Ontario Power Generation |
| Helen Branson | $576,610 | Neuroradiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Pradeep Krishnan | $576,239 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Alessandro Gasparetto | $576,036 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Prakash Muthusami | $575,073 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Richard Geofroy | $574,706 | Senior Vice President Darlington | Ontario Power Generation |
| Robert Myers | $573,501 | Director | Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics |
| Wei-Yi (Scott) Liao | $570,724 | Professor of Accounting | University Of Toronto |
| David Goldreich | $564,232 | Professor of Finance | University Of Toronto |
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| George Soleas | $563,291 | President and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général | Liquor Control Board Of Ontario / Régie des alcools de l’Ontario |
| Alan Aspuru-Guzik | $562,716 | Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science | University Of Toronto |
| Richard Leary | $562,326 | Chief Executive Officer | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission |
| Stephen Scherer | $558,624 | Chief Research Institute | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Anita Mcgahan | $557,594 | Professor of Strategic Management | University Of Toronto |
| David Kaposi | $554,250 | Vice President Chief Investment Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Anthony Tang | $550,000 | Professor/Medical Doctor | University Of Western Ontario |
| Suzanne Laughlin | $549,680 | Neuroradiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Jane Philpott | $546,053 | Dean, Chief Executive Officer (Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization), Professor | Queen’s University |
| Michael Lindsay | $544,897 | Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général | Ontario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario) / Société Ontarienne Des Infrastructures Et De L’Immobilier (Infrastructure Ontario) |
| George Chiramel | $543,693 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Sonia Baxendale | $540,000 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Global Risk Institute In Financial Services |
| Thomas Parker | $538,300 | Executive Vice President Clinical and Chief Medical Officer | Unity Health Toronto |
| Heather Ferguson | $536,089 | Senior Vice President Business Development, Strategy and Corporate Affairs | Ontario Power Generation |
| Lynn Guerriero | $533,688 | President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction | Niagara Health System |
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| Joshua Basseches | $533,112 | Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général | Royal Ontario Museum / Musée royal de l’Ontario |
| Alexander Dyck | $530,667 | Professor of Finance | University Of Toronto |
| Moon Hung Wong | $530,178 | Professor of Accounting | University Of Toronto |
| William Strange | $527,992 | Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy | University Of Toronto |
| Mark White | $526,815 | Chief Executive Officer / Directeur général | Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario / Office Ontarien De Réglementation Des Services Financiers |
| Scott Beck | $524,615 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Toronto Convention and Visitors Association |
| Meredith Irwin | $524,045 | Paediatrician-In-Chief SickKids and Chair Paediatrics, University of Toronto | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Glen Whyte | $522,941 | Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management | University Of Toronto |
| Shelley Babin | $522,640 | Chief Operating Officer | Ontario Power Generation |
| Duncan Stewart | $522,502 | Executive Vice President/Vice-président exécutif | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |
| Andrea Krystal | $521,787 | President/Chief Executive Officer | Southlake Regional Health Centre |
| Partha Sarat Mohanram | $521,203 | Professor of Accounting | University Of Toronto |
| John Hull | $518,747 | Professor of Finance | University Of Toronto |
| Gerhard Trippen | $515,033 | Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Management | University Of Toronto |
| Karyn Lynn Popovich | $513,011 | President And Chief Executive Officer | North York General Hospital |
| Name | Salary | JobTitle | Employer |
| Mihnea Moldoveanu | $512,922 | Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy | University Of Toronto |
| Craig Andrew Doidge | $512,894 | Professor of Finance | University Of Toronto |
| Elspeth Murray | $512,348 | Director (Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Impact), Associate Professor | Queen’s University |
| Gail Hunt | $510,829 | President and Chief Executive Officer | Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre |
| Linda Rabeneck | $510,307 | Vice President, Prevention and Cancer Control/Vice-présidente, Prévention et lutte contre le cancer | Ontario Health / Santé Ontario |
| Frank Martino | $509,899 | President and Chief Executive Officer | William Osler Health System |
| Jeff Mainland | $509,324 | Executive Vice President | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Christopher Lam | $506,462 | Radiologist | The Hospital For Sick Children |
| Christopher Simpson | $506,340 | Executive Vice President, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs and Chief Medical Executive/Vice-président directeur, Instituts des services cliniques et programmes pour la qualité, et médecin en chef | Ontario Health / Santé Ontario |
| Terence Cunningham | $506,205 | Vice President Nuclear Projects | Ontario Power Generation |
| Mikhail Simutin | $505,246 | Associate Professor of Finance | University Of Toronto |
| Salim Yusuf | $504,895 | Professor | McMaster University |
| Gregory German | $503,790 | Medical Microbiologist | Unity Health Toronto |
| Ole-Kristian Hope | $503,423 | Professor of Accounting | University Of Toronto |
| Michael Manning | $502,675 | Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer / Directeur général et agent en chef des placements | Ontario Financing Authority / Office ontarien de financement |
| Peter Shena | $501,937 | Executive Vice President and Chief Pension Officer / Vice-président directeur et chef des rentes | Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board) / Commission Du Régime De Retraite Des Fonctionnaires De L’Ontario (Commission Du Régime De Retraite D) |
What is Doug Ford’s salary?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford got a salary of $208,974 in 2023, according to the latest Sunshine List Ontario 2024.
Who is the highest-paid employee of the Ontario government?
Kenneth Hartwick, CEO of the Ontario Power Generation (OPG), is the highest paid, with an annual compensation of slightly more than $1.9 million in 2023.
What is the Sunshine List for Ontario?
Former Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris signed the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act into law in 1996, requiring organizations receiving provincial funding to disclose the names, positions, and salaries of those earning more than $100,000.
What is the criteria for Sunshine List Ontario?
Any public sector employee or executive earning more than $100,000 is eligible for the Sunshine List Ontario.
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