Top Earners

The province-wide leaderboard of the highest-paid disclosed employees*, filterable by sector and exact position. Looking for one specific employer's top earners? Its profile page has its own top-10 list.

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Biggest increases total comp, 2010 → 2011

Kent Womack — Professor of Finance University of Toronto · $201,306 → $561,540 +$360,234

Patrick Deane — President and Vicechancellor McMaster University · $180,705 → $405,762 +$225,057

Brian Stevenson — President Lakehead University · $150,464 → $361,112 +$210,649

Richard Reznick — Professor Surgery Queens University · $206,140 → $404,281 +$198,140

Feridun Hamdullahpur — President and Vice Chancellor University of Waterloo · $317,775 → $506,083 +$188,308

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Janice Deakin — Provost and Vicepresident Academic and Professor University of Western Ontario · $122,964 → $305,901 +$182,937

Peter Christoffersen — Professor of Finance University of Toronto · $166,053 → $333,654 +$167,601

Hargurdeep Saini — Vice President and Principal University of Toronto Mississauga and Professor of Biology University of Toronto · $151,425 → $314,740 +$163,315

Michael Strong — Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor University of Western Ontario · $318,926 → $472,831 +$153,905

Janusz Kozinski — Professor and Dean York University · $150,611 → $297,258 +$146,647

People disclosed in both years, at the same employer. Large jumps often reflect a partial previous year, a promotion, retroactive pay or a one-time payment, not a raise in base salary.

People earning $250,000+ total comp · +21% since 2010

222

2010

268

2011

Nominal dollars: like the $100,000 disclosure line, $250,000 isn't adjusted for inflation.

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Top 100 matching, FY2011

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#18	William Moriarty	University of Toronto	President and Chief Executive Officer University of Toronto…	$657,898	-5.9%
#22	David Johnston	University of Waterloo	President and Vice Chancellor	$610,506	-41.4%
#26	Amit Chakma	University of Western Ontario	President and Vicechancellor	$591,490	+16.5%
#33	Kent Womack	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$561,540	+179.1%
#54	John Kelton	McMaster University	Dean and Vicepresident Health Sciences	$508,646	+11.0%
#56	Feridun Hamdullahpur	University of Waterloo	President and Vice Chancellor	$506,083	+57.4%
#65	Mamdouh Shoukri	York University	President and Vice Chancellor	$494,431	-0.2%
#87	Michael Strong	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor	$472,831	+48.3%
#96	Dezso Horvath	York University	Professor and Dean	$464,732	+7.4%
#97	Alastair Summerlee	University of Guelph	President	$463,470	+0.0%
#98	Kevin Goldthorp	University of Western Ontario	Vice President External	$462,501	+46.9%
#120	Michel Malo	University of Toronto	Managing Director Investment Strategy and Cochief Informati…	$443,709	+33.9%
#132	David Naylor	University of Toronto	President University of Toronto	$436,033	+1.1%
#134	Mihnea Moldoveanu	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$430,694	+30.3%
#152	Peter Pauly	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Academic Rotman School of Management	$416,674	+7.2%
#161	Sara Diamond	Ontario College of Art and Design University	President	$411,226	+40.6%
#164	Carol Stephenson	University of Western Ontario	Dean	$409,524	+1.1%
#167	Patrick Deane	McMaster University	President and Vicechancellor	$405,762	+128.4%
#169	Catharine Whiteside	University of Toronto	Professor Medicine Dean Faculty of Medicine	$404,489	+2.7%
#170	Richard Reznick	Queens University	Professor Surgery	$404,281	+96.1%
#173	Roger Martin	University of Toronto	Dean Rotman School of Management	$400,641	+3.1%
#175	Roseann Runte	Carleton University	President	$399,300	+10.0%
#180	Glen Whyte	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour	$397,133	+5.5%
#181	Allan Rock	University of Ottawa	President	$396,292	+0.0%
#185	Max Blouw	Wilfrid Laurier University	President	$394,486	+3.0%
#189	Tina Dacin	Queens University	Director Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility School …	$393,597	+34.6%
#192	Joel Baum	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Faculty Professor of Strategic Management	$392,568	+3.6%
#194	Cristina Amon	University of Toronto	Professor and Dean Applied Science and Engineering	$391,345	+4.0%
#198	Jacques Bradwejn	University of Ottawa	Dean	$385,743	+0.0%
#204	Daniel Woolf	Queens University	Principal the Principals Office	$383,681	-0.1%
#205	Roger Strasser	Northern Ontario School of Medicine	Dean	$383,174	+0.0%
#206	Sheldon Levy	Toronto Metropolitan University	President	$381,860	+0.0%
#209	William Strange	University of Toronto	Professor of Business Economics	$380,984	+3.8%
#213	Varouj Aivazian	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair of Economics	$379,328	-6.7%
#215	Judith Wolfson	University of Toronto	Vice President University Relations	$378,624	+4.1%
#221	Cheryl Misak	University of Toronto	Vice President and Provost and Professor of Philosophy	$376,578	+4.1%
#223	Elspeth Murray	Queens University	Associate Dean Master of Business Administration Programs S…	$376,157	+13.4%
#231	John Hull	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$373,966	-2.1%
#239	David Walker	Queens University	Professor Emergency Medicine	$371,984	+1.8%
#240	Dale Corbett	University of Ottawa	Full Professor	$371,710	n/a
#242	Richard Florida	University of Toronto	Professor Business Economics and Director Martin Prosperity…	$370,858	+3.3%
#247	David Palmer	University of Toronto	Vice President Advancement	$367,182	+3.7%
#251	Thomas McCurdy	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance Director Finance Lab and Chair	$365,609	-2.3%
#258	David Saunders	Queens University	Dean School of Business and Professor School of Business	$362,844	+1.4%
#262	Brian Stevenson	Lakehead University	President	$361,112	+140.0%
#264	Akbar Panju	McMaster University	Professor	$360,513	-4.1%
#271	Adel Sedra	University of Waterloo	Dean Engineering	$356,664	+0.4%
#286	Wendy Rotenberg	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting and Finance	$350,015	-0.4%
#288	Jack Lightstone	Brock University	President	$349,890	+0.0%
#295	Adam Kahan	Toronto Metropolitan University	Vice President University Advancement	$347,597	+2.4%
#301	Gary Chaimowitz	McMaster University	Assistant Professor	$346,501	+2.4%
#307	Dilip Soman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$345,124	+9.9%
#317	Alan Wildeman	University of Windsor	President; Professor	$341,876	+0.0%
#320	Robert Haynes	McMaster University	Professor	$341,315	+10.8%
#321	Ron Bordessa	Ontario Tech University	President	$341,181	+3.2%
#324	Anita McGahan	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Research and Professor Strategic Management	$340,936	+1.3%
#331	Ashwin Joshi	York University	Associate Professor	$338,557	+8.1%
#339	Meric Gertler	University of Toronto	Professor of Geography and Dean Arts and Science and Goldri…	$337,357	+3.6%
#340	Roger Trull	McMaster University	Vicepresident University Advancement	$337,301	+3.2%
#349	Jeffrey Callen	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$333,883	+3.4%
#350	Peter Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$333,654	+100.6%
#352	Patrick Monahan	York University	Professor and Vice President Academic and Provost	$333,150	+0.8%
#362	Jane Gaskell	University of Toronto	Professor of Education	$331,559	+11.0%
#373	Angela Hildyard	University of Toronto	Vice President Human Resources and Equity	$330,272	+4.0%
#375	Steven Franklin	Trent University	President and Vicechancellor	$330,062	-0.1%
#382	Alan Shepard	Toronto Metropolitan University	Provost and Vice President Academic	$328,976	+10.1%
#384	Lorna Marsden	York University	President Emeritus	$328,102	-15.0%
#388	Brian Silverman	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$327,079	+2.6%
#405	Harvey Skinner	York University	Professor and Dean	$324,867	+10.9%
#412	Avrum Gotlieb	University of Toronto	Professor Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology	$323,299	+15.5%
#422	Franco Vaccarino	University of Toronto	Professor of Psychology; Vice President and Principal Unive…	$321,667	+4.1%
#430	Maureen Mancuso	University of Guelph	Provost and Vicepresident Academic	$320,274	+0.0%
#432	Janice Stein	University of Toronto	University Professor of Political Science Director of the M…	$319,982	+21.7%
#445	Martin Singer	York University	Professor and Dean	$318,537	+6.8%
#451	Stephen Collins	McMaster University	Professor and Vicepresident Research	$317,433	-1.4%
#452	David Soberman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$317,397	+3.5%
#457	Catherine Riggall	University of Toronto	Vice President Business Affairs	$317,164	+4.6%
#458	Dominic Giroux	Laurentian University of Sudbury	President and Vicechancellor	$317,062	-1.1%
#460	Ilene Buschvishniac	McMaster University	Provost and Vicepresident Academic and Professor	$316,919	+0.7%
#467	Bonnie Patterson	Trent University	Full Professor Seconded to Council of Ontario Universities	$316,163	+0.0%
#472	Russell Belk	York University	Professor	$315,714	+13.6%
#480	Hargurdeep Saini	University of Toronto	Vice President and Principal University of Toronto Mississa…	$314,740	+108.2%
#481	Manfred Schneider	University of Toronto	Senior Lecturer Management	$314,699	+11.0%
#483	Richard Kim	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$314,497	+55.3%
#485	Ajay Agrawal	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$314,238	-1.4%
#494	Neil Gold	University of Windsor	Professor	$312,704	+3.3%
#498	Roger Deeley	Queens University	Vicedean Research and Research Development Faculty of Healt…	$312,393	+8.2%
#513	Gary Latham	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour	$310,905	+3.5%
#517	Rhonda Lenton	York University	Professor and Vice Provost Academic	$310,536	+26.5%
#527	Ian Orchard	University of Toronto	Professor of Biology	$309,663	+4.1%
#539	Scott Carson	Queens University	Director the Monieson Centre School of Business and Profess…	$308,438	+28.4%
#550	Mihkel Tombak	University of Toronto	Professor of Management and Program Director	$307,592	+11.1%
#559	Keehong Bae	York University	Professor	$306,336	+4.3%
#562	Alan White	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$306,138	-3.0%
#564	Janice Deakin	University of Western Ontario	Provost and Vicepresident Academic and Professor	$305,901	+140.0%
#567	Laurence Booth	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$305,525	+3.5%
#578	James Fisher	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Programs Rotman School of Management	$304,835	+16.2%
#630	Oded Berman	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management	$300,496	+3.7%
#637	Louis De Melo	University of Ottawa	Vicepresident External Relations	$300,043	+0.0%
#656	Janet Dancey	Queens University	Professor Oncology	$299,031	+0.0%