Highest-Paid Deans in Ontario (2025)

In 2025, 1,071 dean roles appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List, earning an average of $206,759 and a median of $197,134. The highest-paid was Julian Birkinshaw (Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor at University Of Western Ontario) at $656,640. Deans and associate deans at public universities and colleges.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above Ontario’s $100,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 1996–2025.

Deans disclosed (2025)

1,071

Average

$206,759

Median

$197,134

Highest

$656,640

Top 25 highest-paid deans (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Julian Birkinshaw	Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor	University Of Western Ontario	$656,640
2	John Yoo	Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor	University Of Western Ontario	$632,707
3	David Peters	Professor/Dean	York University	$486,654
4	Lisa Robinson	Professor, Biochemistry and Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine	University Of Toronto	$475,254
5	Paul O'Byrne	Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor	McMaster University	$463,235
6	Detlev Zwick	Dean/Associate Professor	York University	$461,528
7	David Zweig	Professor of Management and Vice-Dean Recruitment, Enrolment and Student Success	University Of Toronto	$447,529
8	Brenda Cossman	Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Research	University Of Toronto	$443,320
9	Michael Green	President, Vice Chancellor, Dean and Chief Executive Officer	Northern Ontario School Of Medicine	$440,000
10	Patricia Houston	Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Vice Dean, Medical Education	University Of Toronto	$430,429
11	Khaled S Hassanein	Dean / Professor	McMaster University	$423,431
12	Teresa Chan	Dean School of Medicine	Toronto Metropolitan University	$416,014
13	Stéphane Brutus	Doyen, École de gestion Telfer / Dean, Telfer School of Management	University Of Ottawa	$415,889
14	Jutta Brunnee	Dean and Professor of Law	University Of Toronto	$412,351
15	Theodore Noseworthy	Associate Dean/Professor	York University	$398,980
16	Kenneth Coley	Dean, Faculty of Engineering/Professor	University Of Western Ontario	$396,192
17	Trevor Farrow	Dean/Professor	York University	$393,788
18	Eileen Fischer	Associate Dean/Professor/Endowed Chair	York University	$392,912
19	Melissa Forgie	Doyenne, Faculté de médecine / Dean, Faculty of Medicine	University Of Ottawa	$392,337
20	Christopher Yip	Professor of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering	University Of Toronto	$380,601
21	Jeremiah Edward Hurley	Dean / Professor	McMaster University	$378,328
22	Adalsteinn Brown	Professor and Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health	University Of Toronto	$374,967
23	Matt Davison	Dean, Faculty of Science/Professor	University Of Western Ontario	$373,260
24	Jane Goodyer	Dean/Professor	York University	$370,047
25	Robert D Klassen	Associate Dean (Research)/Professor	University Of Western Ontario	$365,988

Employers with the most deans (2025)

University Of Toronto153 · $223,089 avg University Of Ottawa59 · $225,537 avg York University57 · $240,178 avg Toronto Metropolitan University55 · $230,647 avg University Of Western Ontario54 · $241,722 avg Queen's University51 · $239,234 avg Humber College Institute Of Technology and Advanced Learning51 · $179,325 avg University Of Windsor41 · $187,112 avg McMaster University40 · $240,461 avg Centennial College Of Applied Arts and Technology38 · $189,517 avg Carleton University35 · $202,116 avg University Of Guelph30 · $258,595 avg

Job titles included

Associate Dean120Dean43Associate Dean/Associate Professor18Associate Dean/Professor10Professor / Associate Dean8Dean/Professor8Associate Dean, Academic8Director, Office of the Dean7Dean of Students7Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies7

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