About David Farrar

David Farrar appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $483,140 plus $5,366 in taxable benefits (total $488,506). David is listed as Professor at McMaster University, in the Universities sector.

David has been disclosed in 15 of the 22 years between 2004 and 2025. Their reported salary has grown from $103,360 in 2004 to $483,140 in 2025 — a 367.4% change over 21 years.

Within the Universities sector that year, David's $483,140 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year.

The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year David has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.