Gavin Downing appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $228,245 plus $250 in taxable benefits (total $228,494). Gavin is listed as Director, Heritage Policy and Programs at Citizenship and Multiculturalism, in the Government of Ontario – Ministries sector.
Gavin has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2009 through 2025 — 17 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $101,742 in 2009 to $228,245 in 2025 — a 124.3% change over 16 years.
Within the Government of Ontario – Ministries sector that year, Gavin's $228,245 placed them in the 94th percentile (sector average: $144,785). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 3% of all disclosed earners that year.
The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year Gavin has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
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$228K
Current Salary
2025
$228K
Total Comp.
Incl. $250 benefits
17
Years on List
2009–2025
+124.3%
Salary Growth
2009–2025
+$40,844 vs previous year
Sector avg $144,785 · Range $100K\u2013$750K
Earns more than 97% of disclosed employees.
2025
Director, Heritage Policy and Programs
Citizenship and Multiculturalism
$228,245
+$40,844
2024
Director, Heritage Policy and Programs
Citizenship and Multiculturalism
$187,401
+$8,179
2023
Director, Programs and Services / Directeur, programmes et services
Citizenship and Multiculturalism / Affaires civiques et Multiculturalisme
$179,222
+$12,220
2022
Director, Programs and Services
Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
$167,002
+$3,262
2021
Director, Programs and Services
Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
$163,740
+$1,522
2020
Director, Programs and Services
Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries
$162,218
+$4,860
2019
Director, Programs and Services
Tourism, Culture and Sport
$157,358
+$4,685
2018
Director, Food Safety Systems Development
Agriculture, Food And Rural Affairs
$152,674
+$8,128
2017
Director, Food Inspection / Directeur, inspection des aliments
Agriculture, Food And Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation Et Affaires Rurales
$144,545
+$11,795
2016
Assistant Deputy Minister, Food Safety and Environment
Agriculture, Food And Rural Affairs
$132,750
+$10,930
2015
Director, Food Inspection / Directeur, inspection des aliments
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
$121,820
+$58
2014
Director, Food Inspection / Directeur, inspection des aliments
Agriculture, Food And Rural Affairs
$121,762
+$11,066
2013
Director, Food Inspection
Agriculture & Food/Rural Affairs
$110,696
+$3,234
2012
Manager, Food Safety Science
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
$107,462
-$6,649
2011
Manager, Food Safety Science / Chef, services scientifiques de salubrité des aliments
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales
$114,111
+$2,439
2010
Director, Food Inspection
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
$111,673
+$9,930
2009
Manager, Food Safety Science
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
$101,742