About David Johnston

David Johnston appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $388,349 plus $620 in taxable benefits (total $388,969). David is listed as Professor/Director/Program Director/Endowed Chair at York University, in the Universities sector.

David has been disclosed in 16 of the 23 years between 2003 and 2025. Their reported salary has grown from $104,668 in 2003 to $388,349 in 2025 — a 271.0% change over 22 years.

Within the Universities sector that year, David's $388,349 placed them in the 99th 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.