Common questions about BC's Public Accounts compensation disclosure and this site.
What is the BC compensation disclosure?
This site combines two BC public compensation disclosures: (1) the Public Accounts CRF Other Employees schedule — core government employees earning $75,000+ — published annually under the Financial Information Act, and (2) the Public Sector Executive Compensation Disclosures — CEO and top-four highest-paid executives at every BC public sector body — published under the Public Sector Employers Act.
Who is included in this dataset?
All core BC government (ministry) employees earning $75,000+, plus the top 5 executives at every crown corporation (BC Hydro, ICBC, WorkSafeBC, etc.), university (UBC, SFU, UVic, BCIT, etc.), college, health authority (Fraser Health, VCH, PHSA, etc.), school district, and public-sector agency. Non-executive employees at crown corps, universities, health authorities, and school districts are NOT yet included — each body publishes its own SOFI report separately.
What are the compensation thresholds?
Core government employees: $75,000+ gross salary for the fiscal year. Executive disclosures: no fixed threshold — they disclose the CEO plus the next four highest-ranking or highest-paid Named Executive Officers regardless of amount.
What counts as a 'fiscal year' for BC?
BC's fiscal year runs April 1 to March 31 for the provincial government and most crown corps / health authorities. School districts run July 1 to June 30. 'FY 2024-25' means the year ending in 2025 in either case. Year filters on this site use the ending year.
Why is 'Province of British Columbia' a single employer for so many records?
The Public Accounts CRF Other Employees schedule lists all core government employees under the Province of BC, because the Consolidated Revenue Fund is the payer for all ministries. Individual ministries (Health, Education, etc.) are not broken out in that source data. Executive-level records for individual employers like BC Hydro, UBC, and Fraser Health use their actual employer names.
Crown corporations, universities, and health authorities each file their own Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) listing employees earning $75,000+. Those are hundreds of separate PDF reports hosted on each organization's website. Integrating them is a planned future addition. For now, we only have their top executives (from the PSEC disclosures).
What compensation is reported?
Core-government (CRF) records show gross salary only — a single dollar figure. Executive records show base salary plus incentive compensation, benefits, pension, and 'other' amounts, summed to a total compensation figure. This is why top executives show a meaningful gap between base salary and total compensation.
How far back does the data go?
Core government (CRF): fiscal years 2011 through 2025 (15 years). Executive disclosures (PSEC): 2017 through 2025 (9 years). Earlier PSEC years exist on the BC portal but use a legacy HTML layout that's not yet parsed.
How often is the data updated?
The BC government publishes CRF Public Accounts in the fall for the fiscal year ending the previous March. Individual employer PSEC disclosures post throughout the summer and fall. This site pulls updates once new data becomes available on the BC government portals.
How do I find a specific person?
Use the Data Explorer to search by first or last name. You can also filter by employer, sector, fiscal year, and salary range. Names are searched via a full-text index for performance.
Is this site affiliated with the Government of British Columbia?
No. This is an independent tool for exploring publicly available compensation data. Data is sourced from the BC Data Catalogue (CRF Public Accounts) and the BC Public Sector Compensation portal (executive disclosures).
Do you have data for other provinces?
Yes — this site also hosts Ontario Sunshine List data (3.2M+ records, 1996–2025), Alberta Compensation Disclosure, and Newfoundland & Labrador compensation data. Use the navigation to switch provinces.