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Ontario Sunshine List

Public sector employees earning $100,000+ — 30 years of transparent salary data from 1996 to 2025.

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About

Ontario's most complete public sector salary database

What is this site?

The Ontario Sunshine List Directory is an independent, non-partisan resource that makes Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure data easier to search, explore, and understand. We compile, normalize, and host 30 years of data — from 1996 to 2025 — covering over 3.27 million salary records across more than 2,000 public sector employers.

What is the Sunshine List?

The Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to disclose the names, positions, salaries, and taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. This annual disclosure is commonly known as the "Sunshine List."

The Government of Ontario publishes the data each spring through the Ontario Open Government Portal under the Ontario Open Government Licence.

Who runs this site?

This site is independently operated as a public interest resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Government of Ontario or any public sector employer listed in the data.

How is the data sourced?

All salary data is sourced directly from the official Ontario government open data portal. Records are downloaded, normalized for consistency across years, and made searchable. No data has been altered, estimated, or fabricated. The original source records are linked from each disclosure.

Data accuracy

While we strive for accuracy, this site is provided for informational purposes only. Always verify important information against the official Ontario government disclosure. If you believe you have found an error, please contact us.

Contact

Get in touch with questions, corrections, or feedback

General inquiries

For general questions about the site, data accuracy concerns, or feedback, please email us at:

hello@ontario-sunshinelist.org

Data corrections

If you believe a record is inaccurate, please note that the data on this site reflects the official Ontario government disclosure exactly as published. To request a correction to the underlying data, contact the Ontario government directly at ontario.ca/page/public-sector-salary-disclosure.

Removal requests

The salary disclosure data published on this site is public information released under Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 and is licensed under the Ontario Open Government Licence. As this is lawfully disclosed public information, we are generally unable to remove individual records. For legal concerns, please contact us by email and include the relevant details.

Media & press

Journalists and researchers are welcome to use this site as a reference tool. For press inquiries, please email hello@ontario-sunshinelist.org.

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Last updated: May 19, 2026

Privacy Policy

Information we collect

We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to use this site. We may collect standard web server logs (IP address, browser type, pages visited, referrer) for the purpose of site security and performance analytics. This data is not sold or shared with third parties except as described below.

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This site may use the following third-party services which have their own privacy policies: Google AdSense (privacy policy), Google Analytics (privacy policy), and Vercel (hosting).

Data about individuals on the Sunshine List

The salary and employment information displayed on this site is publicly disclosed information under Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. It was released by the Government of Ontario under the Ontario Open Government Licence. We do not add to, alter, or supplement this data with any additional personal information.

Contact

For privacy-related inquiries, contact hello@ontario-sunshinelist.org.


Terms of Use

Acceptance of terms

By accessing or using ontario-sunshinelist.org, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

Permitted use

This site is provided for personal, non-commercial, and journalistic research purposes. You may view, search, and reference data on this site. You may not scrape, bulk-download, reproduce, or redistribute the site's content or data without prior written permission.

Data accuracy disclaimer

The salary data on this site is sourced from official Ontario government disclosures and is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. We make reasonable efforts to ensure accuracy but cannot guarantee that all records are free from transcription or processing errors. Always verify important information against the official source at ontario.ca.

No affiliation

This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Government of Ontario, any Ontario ministry, or any employer listed in the disclosure data.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operators of this site shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of or inability to use this site or its data.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.