About the
Ontario list.
How the disclosure works, where the data comes from, and how to request a correction.
The legislation
The law behind the annual disclosure.
Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 requires organizations that receive public funding to annually disclose the salaries of employees paid $100,000 or more. The list has been published every year since 1996.
The threshold of $100,000 means that any public sector employee earning at or above this amount must be included in the annual disclosure. Because the threshold has not been adjusted for inflation in most provinces, the number of disclosed employees grows every year.
About this website
An independent transparency project.
Canada Sunshine List is an independent project that aggregates publicly available salary disclosure data from provincial governments and makes it searchable in a consistent, user-friendly format. We believe a more informed citizenry leads to greater transparency in government.
All data on this site comes directly from official government sources and is public information under applicable provincial disclosure legislation. We do not collect, create, or modify any salary data — we only present what governments have already disclosed.
Data sources
Where the records come from.
Data is sourced from official Ontario government disclosure publications
Records are updated annually after each provincial disclosure
Employer and position names are standardized for consistency
Name removal
Requesting a correction or removal.
Because this data is publicly disclosed by government, we are generally not able to remove accurate records. However, if you believe your information is incorrect, or you have a specific legal concern, please contact us.
Submit a Removal Request