Canada · Public Sector Salary DisclosureNational edition
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Public sector salary disclosure across Canada — nine regimes, each with its own threshold and legislation.

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Nine public-sector disclosure regimes across the country.

ONThreshold $100,000

Ontario

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.

Employees
404,922
Total paid
$54.6B
Latest data · 2025
BCThreshold $75,000

British Columbia

The Financial Information Act requires many publicly funded bodies and public corporations in British Columbia to publish an annual Statement of Financial Information including the total remuneration for employees earning more than $75,000. This dataset covers core BC public service (CRF) employees only.

Employees
16,896
Total paid
$1.6B
Latest data · 2023
ABThreshold $159,833

Alberta

Alberta discloses compensation for Government of Alberta employees under the Public Service Compensation Disclosure Policy. The threshold adjusts annually. Note: names are excluded from the open data CSV — they appear on the interactive web table only.

Employees
8,000
Total paid
$1.8B
Latest data · 2024
SKThreshold $50,000No data yet

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan discloses salaries for Crown corporation employees through the Crown Investments Corporation Payee Disclosure Policy. No general public sector salary disclosure law exists. Data is published annually as PDFs only — no machine-readable download.

Employees
Coming soon
Total paid
Public records not yet available
MBThreshold $85,000

Manitoba

Manitoba discloses compensation for public sector employees earning $85,000 or more through the Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act. Data is available via ArcGIS Hub with full names, salary, employer, and sector.

Employees
43,040
Total paid
$5.2B
Latest data · 2024
NSThreshold $100,000No data yet

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia discloses compensation for public sector employees earning $100,000 or more. Data is published as individual PDF files per organization — no consolidated CSV download is available.

Employees
Coming soon
Total paid
Public records not yet available
NBThreshold $0

New Brunswick

New Brunswick discloses public sector compensation through its Public Accounts. Data is available via Socrata as CSV. Note: multiple rows per person (one per payment type — salary, allowance, severance) which are aggregated by name.

Employees
22,609
Total paid
$2.8B
Latest data · 2024
PEThreshold $100,000No data yet

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island does not currently have a provincial sunshine list law. Legislation was introduced in early 2026 proposing salary range disclosure (without individual names). No downloadable dataset is available.

Employees
Coming soon
Total paid
Public records not yet available
NLThreshold $100,000No data yet

Newfoundland & Labrador

Newfoundland & Labrador discloses compensation for public sector employees earning $100,000 or more under the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act (2016). Data is published as individual XLSX files per organization — no consolidated download.

Employees
Coming soon
Total paid
Public records not yet available
About provincial disclosure thresholds

Each province has its own legislation and salary threshold for public sector disclosure. Ontario and most Atlantic provinces use a $100,000 threshold. British Columbia uses $75,000 under the Financial Information Act. Alberta uses a higher threshold of about $159,000, adjusted yearly. Saskatchewan goes lowest at $50,000, while Manitoba discloses at $85,000.