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, 2011 → 2012

Mohamed Elbestawi — Vicepresident Research and Professor McMaster University · $275,461 → $516,168 +$240,707

Iain Scott — Dean University of Western Ontario · $110,032 → $338,095 +$228,064

Salim Yusuf — Professor McMaster University · $164,970 → $388,819 +$223,849

James Paul — Assistant Clinical Professor McMaster University · $113,933 → $310,662 +$196,729

Aparna Labroo — Professor of Marketing University of Toronto · $154,306 → $343,534 +$189,228

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William Mitchell — Professor of Strategic Management University of Toronto · $125,000 → $312,500 +$187,500

Nicholas Kates — Professor McMaster University · $140,979 → $325,993 +$185,014

Alan Harrison — Provost and Viceprincipal Academic Professor Economics Queens University · $125,117 → $300,281 +$175,164

Lesley Lovettdoust — President Nipissing University · $290,794 → $462,817 +$172,023

Timothy McTiernan — President Ontario Tech University · $160,664 → $325,609 +$164,946

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 · +32% since 2010

222

2010

268

2011

293

2012

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

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Top 100 matching, FY2012

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#7	William Moriarty	University of Toronto	President and Chief Executive Officer University of Toronto…	$775,665	+18.0%
#49	Amit Chakma	University of Western Ontario	President and Vicechancellor	$520,723	-6.4%
#54	Mohamed Elbestawi	McMaster University	Vicepresident Research and Professor	$516,168	+90.7%
#77	Alastair Summerlee	University of Guelph	President	$490,858	+5.7%
#79	Patrick Monahan	York University	Professor	$488,723	+46.8%
#82	Mamdouh Shoukri	York University	President and Vice Chancellor	$486,517	-0.1%
#88	Michael Strong	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor	$482,221	+2.0%
#91	Dezso Horvath	York University	Professor and Dean	$475,593	+2.4%
#97	Kevin Goldthorp	University of Western Ontario	Vice President External	$472,095	+0.0%
#101	John Kelton	McMaster University	Dean and Vicepresident Health Sciences	$465,571	-8.6%
#103	Sheldon Levy	Toronto Metropolitan University	President	$464,019	+22.1%
#105	Lesley Lovettdoust	Nipissing University	President	$462,817	+66.3%
#130	David Naylor	University of Toronto	President University of Toronto	$441,352	+1.1%
#152	Mihnea Moldoveanu	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Masters of Business Administration Program a…	$428,407	-0.5%
#153	Peter Pauly	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Academic Rotman School of Management	$428,158	+3.0%
#164	Michel Malo	University of Toronto	Managing Director Investment Strategy and Cochief Informati…	$425,184	-22.2%
#168	Feridun Hamdullahpur	University of Waterloo	President	$421,427	-17.7%
#170	Kent Womack	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$421,127	-25.0%
#189	Richard Reznick	Queens University	Dean Faculty of Health Science Professor Faculty of Health …	$411,851	+1.9%
#194	Patrick Deane	McMaster University	President and Vicechancellor	$410,487	+1.6%
#201	Carol Stephenson	University of Western Ontario	Dean	$409,461	-0.0%
#212	Joel Baum	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Faculty Professor of Strategic Management	$405,311	+3.3%
#217	Catharine Whiteside	University of Toronto	Professor Medicine Dean Faculty of Medicine	$404,872	+0.1%
#218	Roseann Runte	Carleton University	President	$404,570	+1.8%
#222	William Strange	University of Toronto	Professor of Business Economics	$403,432	+5.9%
#229	Glen Whyte	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour	$402,234	+1.3%
#232	Roger Martin	University of Toronto	Dean Rotman School of Management	$400,641	+0.0%
#235	Max Blouw	Wilfrid Laurier University	President and Vicechancellor	$400,292	+1.6%
#241	Allan Rock	University of Ottawa	President	$396,304	+0.0%
#247	Tina Dacin	Queens University	Professor School of Business Director Centre for Responsibl…	$393,921	+0.1%
#254	Cristina Amon	University of Toronto	Professor and Dean Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering	$391,114	+0.0%
#262	Salim Yusuf	McMaster University	Professor	$388,819	+137.0%
#273	Janice Deakin	University of Western Ontario	Provost and Vicepresident Academic and Professor	$386,195	+19.0%
#275	Jacques Bradwejn	University of Ottawa	Dean	$385,743	+0.0%
#278	John Hull	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$385,364	+3.1%
#291	Roger Strasser	Northern Ontario School of Medicine	Dean	$382,769	+0.0%
#292	Daniel Woolf	Queens University	Principal Principals Office	$382,467	-5.6%
#318	Judith Wolfson	University of Toronto	Vice President University Relations	$378,651	+0.0%
#328	Cheryl Misak	University of Toronto	Vice President and Provost and Professor of Philosophy	$377,199	+0.2%
#331	Aled Edwards	University of Toronto	Professor Banting and Best Department of Medical Research	$376,825	+33.3%
#332	Thomas McCurdy	University of Toronto	Director Financial Research and Trading Laboratory and Prof…	$376,811	+3.1%
#368	Sean Cleary	Queens University	Professor School of Business Director Masters of Management…	$371,928	+26.6%
#384	David Walker	Queens University	Professor Emergency Medicine	$369,931	-0.6%
#386	David Saunders	Queens University	Dean School of Business Professor School of Business	$369,352	+1.8%
#389	Akbar Panju	McMaster University	Professor	$368,995	+2.4%
#396	Anita McGahan	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Research and Professor Strategic Management	$366,869	+7.7%
#397	David Palmer	University of Toronto	Vice President Advancement	$366,817	-0.1%
#404	Varouj Aivazian	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair of Economics	$365,296	-3.7%
#423	Adel Sedra	University of Waterloo	Professor	$362,160	+2.4%
#435	Brian Stevenson	Lakehead University	President	$361,142	+0.0%
#462	Adam Kahan	Toronto Metropolitan University	Vice President University Advancement	$356,942	+2.8%
#495	Wendy Rotenberg	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting and Finance	$348,202	-0.5%
#497	Alan Wildeman	University of Windsor	President; Professor	$347,760	+0.0%
#514	Jack Lightstone	Brock University	President	$346,363	+0.0%
#518	Avrum Gotlieb	University of Toronto	Professor Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Interim …	$344,837	+6.7%
#519	Jeffrey Callen	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$344,699	+3.3%
#520	Peter Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$344,235	+3.2%
#526	Aparna Labroo	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$343,534	+125.9%
#530	Robert Haynes	McMaster University	Professor	$343,100	+0.5%
#543	Gary Chaimowitz	McMaster University	Assistant Professor	$339,314	-2.1%
#545	Mohit Bhandari	McMaster University	Professor	$338,904	+56.2%
#547	Iain Scott	University of Western Ontario	Dean	$338,095	+208.0%
#551	Meric Gertler	University of Toronto	Professor of Geography and Dean Arts and Science and Goldri…	$336,939	-0.1%
#557	Harvey Skinner	York University	Professor and Dean	$335,943	+3.5%
#568	Brian Silverman	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$333,605	+2.3%
#576	Russell Belk	York University	Professor	$332,845	+5.5%
#579	Dale Corbett	University of Ottawa	Full Professor	$332,543	-10.5%
#591	Angela Hildyard	University of Toronto	Vice President Human Resources and Equity	$330,256	+0.0%
#592	Dilip Soman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$330,042	-4.5%
#593	Mihkel Tombak	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair Management	$329,908	+7.3%
#596	Richard Kim	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$328,876	+4.6%
#598	James Darroch	York University	Associate Professor	$328,495	+35.6%
#599	Steven Franklin	Trent University	President and Vicechancellor	$328,453	+0.0%
#605	David Soberman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$327,867	+3.3%
#608	Franco Vaccarino	University of Toronto	Professor of Psychology; Vice President and Principal Unive…	$327,719	+0.0%
#615	Ashwin Joshi	York University	Associate Professor	$326,947	-1.7%
#620	Nicholas Kates	McMaster University	Professor	$325,993	+131.4%
#621	Manfred Schneider	University of Toronto	Senior Lecturer Management	$325,732	+3.5%
#623	Timothy McTiernan	Ontario Tech University	President	$325,609	+99.6%
#626	Paul Beamish	University of Western Ontario	Professor	$325,356	+15.4%
#637	Martin Singer	York University	Professor and Dean	$323,600	+2.4%
#643	Maureen Mancuso	University of Guelph	Provost and Vicepresident Academic	$322,866	+0.6%
#646	Elspeth Murray	Queens University	Associate Professor School of Business Associate Dean Maste…	$322,620	-14.2%
#648	Robert Kozinets	York University	Professor	$322,438	+15.6%
#652	Stephen Collins	McMaster University	Professor and Vicepresident Research	$321,662	+1.3%
#653	Alexander Dyck	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance and Business Economics	$321,647	+8.6%
#656	Kenneth Corts	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Undergraduate Education and Professor of Bus…	$321,276	+9.9%
#658	Keehong Bae	York University	Professor	$320,925	+4.8%
#668	Robert Hegele	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$319,414	+14.9%
#672	Bonnie Patterson	Trent University	Full Professor Seconded As President and Chief Executive Of…	$319,028	+0.9%
#674	Gary Latham	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour	$318,709	+2.6%
#683	Alan White	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$317,596	+3.8%
#688	Dominic Giroux	Laurentian University of Sudbury	President and Vice Chancellor	$317,048	+0.0%
#689	Neil Gold	University of Windsor	Professor	$316,736	+1.6%
#697	Laurence Booth	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$315,818	+3.4%
#699	Hargurdeep Saini	University of Toronto	Vice President and Principal University of Toronto Mississa…	$315,770	+0.0%
#701	David Goldreich	University of Toronto	Academic Director Morning and Evening Masters of Business A…	$315,697	+5.8%
#706	Anne Wong	McMaster University	Associate Professor	$314,586	n/a
#718	William Mitchell	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$312,500	+150.0%
#741	Oded Berman	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management	$310,729	+3.4%