Sunshine List hits record
Ontario’s 2025 Sunshine List topped records with more than 400,000 public‑sector employees earning over $100,000 — a nearly 7% jump from 2024 and new context for salary floors in the province. The Waterloo region release named a new top earner locally and has mayors warning municipal budgets will feel the squeeze as the cost baseline rises. ( )
Ontario Power Generation’s five highest-paid executives again filled the top five spots on the 2025 list: former president and CEO Kenneth Hardwick at $1.9 million and current CEO Nicolle Butcher at $1.5 million, with OPG’s chief nuclear officer, chief financial officer and chief projects officer reporting $1.09M, $1.01M and $981K respectively. (toronto.citynews.ca) Treasury Board President Caroline Mulroney attributed much of 2025’s pay growth to retroactive payments, collective bargaining outcomes and an extra pay period for several organizations, and noted municipalities — including local police and fire services — accounted for more than half of this year’s growth. (toronto.citynews.ca) Two crown-agency executives reported roughly $826K each in 2025: Mark Fuller, president and CEO of the Ontario Public Service Pension Board, at $826,235, and Ontario Health CEO Matthew Anderson at about $826,000. (toronto.citynews.ca) The City of Guelph added 104 more staff to its Sunshine List in 2025 (an 18.3% rise), with CAO Tara Baker topping the city’s list at $275,721 and multiple senior managers and the library CEO reporting pay above $200,000. (guelphtoday.com) Regional Municipality of Waterloo reported 830 employees on the disclosure with total 2024 salaries of $101,376,250.92, while the City of Waterloo’s 254 disclosed employees together earned $32,991,766.84 in 2024. (sunshineliststats.com 1) (sunshineliststats.com 2) Public-sector tech roles on local lists show concrete salary anchors: Regional Municipality of Waterloo lists a Programmer/Analyst at $126,346.64 and another Programmer/Analyst at $102,940.65, while the City of Waterloo lists a Manager, Network and Infrastructure at $116,940.73 — specific comparators for tech compensation benchmarking. (sunshineliststats.com) (sunshineliststats.com)
