Nicola Mercer appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $356,341 plus $5,477 in taxable benefits (total $361,818). Nicola is listed as Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer at Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit, in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector.
Nicola has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2008 through 2025 — 18 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $193,154 in 2008 to $356,341 in 2025 — a 84.5% change over 17 years.
Within the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector that year, Nicola's $356,341 placed them in the 99th percentile (sector average: $126,617). 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 Nicola has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
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$356K
Current Salary
2025
$362K
Total Comp.
Incl. $5,477 benefits
18
Years on List
2008–2025
+84.5%
Salary Growth
2008–2025
+$5,562 vs previous year
Sector avg $126,617 · Range $100K\u2013$940K
Earns more than 100% of disclosed employees.
2025
Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$356,341
+$5,562
2024
Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$350,779
+$30,235
2023
Medical Officer of Health / Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$320,544
-$67,331
2022
Medical Officer of Health / Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$387,874
+$9,392
2021
Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$378,482
+$70,590
2020
Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$307,892
-$4,819
2019
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$312,711
+$1,212
2018
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer/Medecin-hygieniste/Directrice generale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$311,498
+$10,158
2017
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer / Médecin-hygiéniste/Directrice générale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit / Bureau De Santé Wellington Dufferin Guelph
$301,340
+$0
2016
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer / Médecin-hygiéniste/Directrice générale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$301,340
-$16,865
2015
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer / Médecin-hygiéniste/Directrice générale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$318,205
+$13,419
2014
Medical Officer of Health / Chief Executive Officer / Médecin-hygéniste / Directrice générale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$304,786
+$6,170
2013
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer / Médecin-hygéniste / Directrice générale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit / Conseil de Santé de Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph
$298,616
+$14,183
2012
Medical Officer of Health/ Chief Executive Officer /Médecin–hygéniste / Directrice générale
Wellington–Dufferin–Guelph Health Unit / Conseil de Santé de Wellington–Dufferin–Guelph
$284,432
-$4,083
2011
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer/Médecin-hygéniste/Directrice générale
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit / Conseil de Santé de Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph
$288,515
+$39,350
2010
Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$249,166
+$7,564
2009
Acting Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$241,602
+$48,448
2008
Acting Medical Officer of Health/Chief Executive Officer
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
$193,154