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Yes, some doctors are on the Ontario Sunshine List, but many are not and that’s where a lot of confusion comes from. The Sunshine List only includes public-sector employees who are paid directly by a public employer and earn more…
As of the most recent disclosures released in March 2025, the answer is clear. Kenneth Hartwick, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), is the highest paid public employee in Canada. According to the latest data, he…
If you’re browsing the Ontario Sunshine List and spot Doug Ford’s name, the next question is usually straightforward: how much does the premier actually get paid? Based on the Sunshine List data surfaced on PublicPayPulse, Doug Ford’s total reported compensation…
When you look at the actual Sunshine List data on PublicPayPulse, a clear pattern shows up at the very top and it’s not hospitals. Year after year, the highest paid individual on Ontario’s Sunshine List is the President and Chief…
tl;dr Most $100k+ earners in Ontario aren’t spread evenly across the public sector. Education leads by a wide margin, followed by municipalities and healthcare. These sectors dominate because of workforce size, pay grids, and how seniority and overtime stack up…
Introduction If you’ve ever tried to search the Ontario Sunshine List and felt underwhelmed, you’re not alone. Most Sunshine List tools only offer a basic search box and a long table of names. That’s fine if you already know exactly…
The sunshine list threshold has been stuck at $100,000 since the mid-1990s, and that number hasn’t aged well. What once signaled a genuinely high-earning public-sector job now covers a huge range of roles — from senior administrators to teachers, nurses,…
If you’ve ever tried to wrap your head around how the Ontario Sunshine List works, you’re not alone. Every spring, the province drops a massive spreadsheet of public-sector salaries, and people scan it the way you might scan a restaurant…
If you’ve ever tried to make sense of Ontario government salary bands, you’ve probably noticed they’re not always explained in plain language. The numbers are public, yes—but the “why” behind them can feel a bit fuzzy. So, in this guide,…
Firefighting is one of those careers people often see from the outside — the rushing into danger, the long shifts, the firehall routines — but the salary details aren’t always as clear. If you’re trying to understand Ontario firefighter salaries…