About Paul Smith

Paul Smith appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $417,358 plus $621 in taxable benefits (total $417,979). Paul is listed as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director at Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics, in the Other Public Sector Employers sector.

Paul has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2007 through 2025 — 19 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $100,531 in 2007 to $417,358 in 2025 — a 315.2% change over 18 years.

Within the Other Public Sector Employers sector that year, Paul's $417,358 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $135,603). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year. Over their time on the list, Paul has had several role or employer changes: moved to Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics in 2021; took on the role of Faculty in 2023; took on the role of Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer in 2024; took on the role of Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director in 2025.

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