Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Guelph (2025)

3,016 Guelph public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $146,147 and a median of $128,697. The highest-paid was Rene Van Acker (President and Vice-Chancellor at University Of Guelph) at $496,493. The City of Guelph, the University of Guelph, and Guelph General Hospital.

These figures cover public-sector employers named for Guelph — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Guelph” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.

Disclosed (2025)

3,016

Average salary

$146,147

Median salary

$128,697

Highest

$496,493

Largest public-sector employers in Guelph (2025)

University Of Guelph1,504 · $164,997 avg City Of Guelph673 · $125,726 avg Guelph General Hospital385 · $122,675 avg City Of Guelph – Guelph Police Service265 · $135,507 avg St. Joseph's Health Centre Guelph88 · $124,699 avg Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit47 · $134,641 avg Children's Aid Society Of The City Of Guelph and The County Of Wellington22 · $125,169 avg Guelph Community Health Centre15 · $173,661 avg Township Of Guelph/Eramosa9 · $136,558 avg Community Living Guelph Wellington5 · $122,735 avg Guelph-Wellington Women In Crisis1 · $143,056 avg Guelph Business Enterprise Centre1 · $118,356 avg

Top 25 highest-paid in Guelph (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Salary
1	Rene Van Acker	President and Vice-Chancellor	University Of Guelph	$496,493
2	Charlotte Yates	President and Vice-Chancellor	University Of Guelph	$410,192
3	William Rosehart	Provost and Vice President Academic	University Of Guelph	$392,769
4	Mark Walton	President and Chief Executive Officer	Guelph General Hospital	$387,994
5	Sharmilla Rasheed	Vice President, Finance and Operations	University Of Guelph	$379,224
6	John Woods	President	St. Joseph's Health Centre Guelph	$370,800
7	Sara Mann	Dean, Gordon S Lang School of Business and Economics	University Of Guelph	$356,556
8	Nicola Mercer	Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit	$356,341
9	Julie Renuad	Physician	Guelph Community Health Centre	$348,338
10	Moncef Nehdi	Dean, College of Engineering	University Of Guelph	$348,246
11	Shayan Sharif	Vice President, Research and Innovation	University Of Guelph	$344,904
12	Jason Moreton	Vice President External	University Of Guelph	$341,538
13	Amar Mohanty	Professor and Distinguished Research Chair	University Of Guelph	$336,488
14	Paul Hebert	Professor and Director, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics	University Of Guelph	$334,530
15	Jeffrey Wichtel	Dean, Ontario Veterinary College	University Of Guelph	$324,289
16	John Cranfield	Dean, Ontario Agricultural College	University Of Guelph	$322,278
17	Maz Fallah	Dean, College of Biological Science	University Of Guelph	$318,694
18	Matthew Tenenbaum	Associate Medical Officer of Health	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit	$317,449
19	Lori Hasulo	Physician	Guelph Community Health Centre	$311,408
20	Byron Sheldrick	Associate Vice President, Academic	University Of Guelph	$309,136
21	Richard Helyar	Physician	Guelph Community Health Centre	$307,427
22	Brigitte Brisson	Professor	University Of Guelph	$305,891
23	Uwafiokun Idemudia	Dean, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences	University Of Guelph	$304,387
24	Kevin Keener	Professor	University Of Guelph	$303,816
25	Evan Fraser	Professor and Director, Arrell Food Institute	University Of Guelph	$301,159

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Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Guelph (2025)

Largest public-sector employers in Guelph (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid in Guelph (2025)

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