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.
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$347K
Current Salary
2025
$347K
Total Comp.
Incl. $553 benefits
26
Years on List
2000–2025
+225.5%
Salary Growth
2000–2025
-$9,648 vs previous year
Sector avg $165,197 · Range $100K\u2013$657K
Earns more than 100% of disclosed employees.
2025
Professor/Canada Research Chair
York University
$346,503
-$9,648
2024
Professor/Canada Research Chair
York University
$356,151
+$47,323
2023
Professor/Canada Research Chair
York University
$308,828
+$1,904
2022
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$306,924
+$11,902
2021
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$295,022
+$2,646
2020
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$292,375
+$3,931
2019
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$288,445
+$16,091
2018
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$272,354
+$3,014
2017
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$269,340
+$5,340
2016
Professor / Canada Research Chair
York University
$264,000
+$69,677
2015
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$194,323
+$2,479
2014
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$191,844
+$4,609
2013
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$187,235
+$4,805
2012
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$182,430
+$1,411
2011
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$181,019
+$16,880
2010
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$164,139
+$1,585
2009
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$162,554
-$1,488
2008
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$164,042
+$4,940
2007
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$159,102
+$9,220
2006
Professor of Physiology
University Of Toronto
$149,882
+$9,730
2005
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$140,152
+$7,936
2004
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$132,216
+$3,744
2003
Professor, Physiology
University Of Toronto
$128,473
+$12,450
2002
Professor of Physiology
University Of Toronto
$116,022
+$2,325
2001
Professor of Physiology
University Of Toronto
$113,698
+$7,239
2000
Professor of Physiology
University Of Toronto
$106,458