Highest-Paid Executives (CEOs & Presidents) in Ontario (2025)

In 2025, 4,565 executive roles appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List, earning an average of $217,985 and a median of $197,816. The highest-paid was Nicolle Butcher (President and Chief Executive Officer at Ontario Power Generation) at $1,596,218. Chief executive officers, presidents, and executive directors of public bodies.

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

Executives (CEOs & Presidents) disclosed (2025)

4,565

Average

$217,985

Median

$197,816

Highest

$1,596,218

Top 25 highest-paid executives (ceos & presidents) (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Nicolle Butcher	President and Chief Executive Officer	Ontario Power Generation	$1,596,218
2	Kevin Smith	President and Chief Executive Officer	University Health Network	$939,603
3	Ronald Cohn	President and Chief Executive Officer	The Hospital For Sick Children	$880,013
4	Jon Franke	Senior Vice President Nuclear	Ontario Power Generation	$826,655
5	Mark Fuller	President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction	Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)	$826,236
6	Matthew Anderson	Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général	Ontario Health	$826,000
7	Gadi Mayman	Chief Executive Officer	Ontario Financing Authority	$801,046
8	Tracey Macarthur	President and Chief Executive Officer	Hamilton Health Sciences	$773,658
9	Darwin Louis Bozek	President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction	Ontario Public Service Pension Board (Ontario Pension Board)	$760,411
10	Barbara Collins	President and Chief Executive Officer	Humber River Health	$760,359
11	Andy Smith	President, Chief Executive Officer	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	$757,366
12	Cameron Love	President/Président	The Ottawa Hospital	$744,249
13	Katherine A Hay	President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Retired Designate	Kids Help Phone	$729,754
14	Lesley Gallinger	President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction	Independent Electricity System Operator	$708,319
15	David Graham	President and Chief Executive Officer	Scarborough Health Network	$705,941
16	Sarah Downey	President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente-directrice générale	Centre For Addiction And Mental Health	$703,615
17	David Kaposi	Executive Vice President Investment Strategy and Business Development	Ontario Power Generation	$701,432
18	David G. Vingoe	Chief Executive Officer / Chef de la direction	Ontario Securities Commission	$697,973
19	Paul Seguin	Senior Vice President Pickering	Ontario Power Generation	$696,667
20	Frank Martino	President and Chief Executive Officer	William Osler Health System	$692,460
21	Alfred Hannay	President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction	Ontario Lottery And Gaming Corporation	$691,918
22	Gary Newton	President and Chief Executive Officer	Sinai Health System	$684,005
23	Timothy Rutledge	President and Chief Executive Officer	Unity Health Toronto	$675,196
24	Karli Farrow	President and Chief Executive Officer	Trillium Health Partners	$663,623
25	Nadiya Sunderji	President and Chief Executive Officer	Waypoint Centre For Mental Health Care	$658,752

Employers with the most executives (ceos & presidents) (2025)

University Of Toronto165 · $228,695 avg Metrolinx133 · $242,328 avg Ontario Infrastructure And Lands Corporation (Infrastructure Ontario)107 · $243,362 avg Ontario Power Generation88 · $416,511 avg Toronto Metropolitan University65 · $214,394 avg York University57 · $239,216 avg Ontario Health56 · $231,584 avg Ontario Securities Commission47 · $314,520 avg University Of Western Ontario43 · $240,745 avg McMaster University41 · $258,950 avg Workplace Safety And Insurance Board40 · $214,353 avg Queen's University40 · $174,769 avg

Job titles included

Executive Director702Chief Executive Officer412President and Chief Executive Officer120Vice President103Vice President/Vice-président75President46Senior Vice President/Vice-président principal27Associate Vice President22Senior Vice President16Executive Director/Directeur exécutif15

Highest-Paid Executives (CEOs & Presidents) in Ontario (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid executives (ceos & presidents) (2025)

Employers with the most executives (ceos & presidents) (2025)

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