About Peter Backx

Peter Backx appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $346,503 plus $553 in taxable benefits (total $347,056). Peter is listed as Professor/Canada Research Chair at York University, in the Universities sector.

Peter has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2000 through 2025 — 26 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $106,458 in 2000 to $346,503 in 2025 — a 225.5% change over 25 years.

Within the Universities sector that year, Peter's $346,503 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 Peter has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.