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, 2012 → 2013

Howard Hu — Professor and Dean Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto · $171,460 → $401,423 +$229,963

Colleen Hanycz — Principal Brescia University College · $226,323 → $448,272 +$221,949

Kenneth McGillivray — Vice President Advancement University of Waterloo · $133,882 → $321,744 +$187,862

Thomas Scott — Professor University of Waterloo · $145,109 → $295,428 +$150,318

David Wallace — Chief Information Officer University of Waterloo · $135,792 → $282,313 +$146,522

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John Denstedt — Vicedean and Chair and Professor and Medical Doctor University of Western Ontario · $140,097 → $285,581 +$145,484

Richard Vanderlee — Dean of Applied and Professional Studies Nipissing University · $169,904 → $309,288 +$139,384

Chayawat Ornthanalai — Professor of Finance University of Toronto · $131,536 → $266,164 +$134,628

Yeheskel Barisaac — Professor of Business Economics and Integrative Thinking University of Toronto · $133,306 → $265,873 +$132,567

Ronald Balvers — Professor and Endowed Chair McMaster University · $119,869 → $251,313 +$131,443

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 · +52% since 2010

222

2010

268

2011

293

2012

337

2013

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

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Top 100 matching, FY2013

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#5	William Moriarty	University of Toronto	President and Chief Executive Officer University of Toronto…	$774,382	-0.2%
#48	Amit Chakma	University of Western Ontario	President and Vicechancellor	$521,067	+0.0%
#70	Mamdouh Shoukri	York University	President and Vice Chancellor	$486,862	-0.1%
#76	Dezso Horvath	York University	Dean and Professor	$475,830	+0.0%
#83	Alastair Summerlee	University of Guelph	President	$465,692	-5.4%
#84	Michael Strong	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor	$465,559	-3.5%
#93	John Kelton	McMaster University	Dean and Vicepresident Health Sciences	$458,571	-1.5%
#100	Kent Womack	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$453,631	+7.7%
#107	Colleen Hanycz	Brescia University College	Principal	$448,272	+99.6%
#110	David Naylor	University of Toronto	Professor of Medicine	$442,353	+0.0%
#111	Mihnea Moldoveanu	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Masters of Business Administration Program a…	$442,217	+3.2%
#133	Peter Pauly	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Academic Rotman School of Management	$426,929	-0.4%
#139	Joel Baum	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Faculty Professor of Strategic Management	$422,469	+4.3%
#151	Aled Edwards	University of Toronto	Professor Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research	$415,406	+10.3%
#160	Richard Reznick	Queens University	Dean Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Faculty of Health…	$410,969	-0.2%
#163	Patrick Deane	McMaster University	President and Vicechancellor	$410,287	+0.0%
#167	Cristina Amon	University of Toronto	Professor and Dean Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering	$407,480	+4.6%
#168	Roger Strasser	Northern Ontario School of Medicine	Dean	$406,520	+6.7%
#169	Brian Silverman	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$405,469	+21.6%
#172	Catharine Whiteside	University of Toronto	Professor Medicine Dean Faculty of Medicine	$404,872	+0.0%
#173	William Strange	University of Toronto	Professor of Business Economics	$404,618	+0.3%
#174	Varouj Aivazian	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair of Economics	$404,357	+10.7%
#175	Roseann Runte	Carleton University	President	$404,177	-0.0%
#179	John Hull	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$403,180	+4.6%
#181	Feridun Hamdullahpur	University of Waterloo	President	$402,619	+0.0%
#184	Roger Martin	University of Toronto	Dean Rotman School of Management	$401,641	+0.2%
#185	Howard Hu	University of Toronto	Professor and Dean Dalla Lana School of Public Health	$401,423	+101.8%
#188	Richard Kim	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$399,671	+21.5%
#194	Glen Whyte	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behavior	$397,925	-1.1%
#197	Allan Rock	University of Ottawa	Recteur and President	$396,304	+0.0%
#202	Thomas McCurdy	University of Toronto	Director Financial Research and Trading Laboratory and Prof…	$394,313	+4.7%
#206	Max Blouw	Wilfrid Laurier University	President	$393,085	-1.7%
#208	Sheldon Levy	Toronto Metropolitan University	President	$391,051	-16.9%
#211	Daniel Woolf	Queens University	Principal and Vicechancellor Principals Office	$388,818	+0.4%
#212	Vicky Painemantha	Nipissing University	President	$388,023	+26.5%
#214	Jacques Bradwejn	University of Ottawa	Doyen and Dean	$387,042	+0.3%
#223	Peter Douglas	University of Waterloo	Professor	$382,829	+98.6%
#233	Judith Wolfson	University of Toronto	Vice President University Relations	$378,651	+0.0%
#236	David Soberman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$378,160	+15.4%
#244	Janice Deakin	University of Western Ontario	Provost and Vicepresident Academic and Professor	$375,500	-2.3%
#245	Carol Stephenson	University of Western Ontario	Professor	$375,343	-8.3%
#249	Cheryl Misak	University of Toronto	Professor of Philosophy	$373,947	+0.0%
#256	David Saunders	Queens University	Dean School of Business School of Business Director School …	$370,654	+0.4%
#261	David Walker	Queens University	Professor Emergency Medicine	$369,381	-0.1%
#269	David Palmer	University of Toronto	Vice President Advancement	$367,567	+0.0%
#273	Akbar Panju	McMaster University	Professor	$366,777	-0.6%
#284	Gary Chaimowitz	McMaster University	Associate Professor	$363,934	+7.3%
#290	Brian Stevenson	Lakehead University	President	$361,251	+0.0%
#304	James McKellar	York University	Professor	$357,204	+30.9%
#310	Alan Wildeman	University of Windsor	President; Professor	$354,936	+0.0%
#311	Meric Gertler	University of Toronto	President University of Toronto	$354,622	+4.6%
#316	Wendy Rotenberg	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting and Finance	$352,442	+1.2%
#320	Peter Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$350,548	+1.9%
#322	Daren Smith	University of Toronto	Managing Director Manager Selection and Portfolio Construction	$349,862	+16.4%
#325	Avrum Gotlieb	University of Toronto	Professor Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Interim …	$349,784	+1.4%
#326	Jeffrey Callen	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$349,671	+1.5%
#332	Brian Golden	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$347,395	+14.9%
#335	Hargurdeep Saini	University of Toronto	Vice President and Principal University of Toronto Mississa…	$346,145	+0.0%
#340	James Orbinski	Wilfrid Laurier University	Faculty	$344,693	+243.7%
#343	Jack Lightstone	Brock University	President	$344,577	+0.0%
#344	James Darroch	York University	Associate Professor	$344,374	+4.7%
#349	Adam Kahan	Toronto Metropolitan University	Vice President University Advancement	$342,136	-4.3%
#351	Dilip Soman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$341,929	+3.9%
#359	Leonard Waverman	McMaster University	Professor and Dean	$341,362	n/a
#361	Harvey Skinner	York University	Dean and Professor	$340,706	+1.3%
#363	Bonnie Patterson	Trent University	Full Professor Seconded to Council of Ontario Universities	$340,227	+3.2%
#364	Iain Scott	University of Western Ontario	Dean	$340,100	+0.6%
#384	Keehong Bae	York University	Professor	$336,799	+4.8%
#386	Mohit Bhandari	McMaster University	Professor	$336,536	-0.7%
#395	David Wilkinson	McMaster University	Provost and Vicepresident Academic and Professor	$334,540	+22.3%
#396	Joanne Oxley	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$334,491	+23.5%
#397	Russell Belk	York University	Professor	$334,284	+0.4%
#400	Manfred Schneider	University of Toronto	Senior Lecturer Management	$333,877	+2.5%
#404	Franco Vaccarino	University of Toronto	Professor of Psychology; Vice President and Principal Unive…	$333,719	+0.0%
#410	Dale Corbett	University of Ottawa	Professeure Titulaire and Full Professor	$332,543	+0.0%
#419	Izzeldin Abuelaish	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health	$330,388	+31.8%
#423	Anita McGahan	University of Toronto	Associate Dean Research and Professor Strategic Management	$329,742	-10.1%
#424	Paul Obyrne	McMaster University	Professor and Department Chair	$329,409	+8.3%
#429	Steven Franklin	Trent University	President and Vice Chancellor	$328,749	+0.0%
#439	Nicholas Kates	McMaster University	Professor and Department Chair	$327,776	+0.5%
#440	Susan Denburg	McMaster University	Professor and Associate Vicepresident	$327,730	+8.0%
#447	Timothy McTiernan	Ontario Tech University	President and Vice Chancellor	$326,173	+0.0%
#460	Joshua Gans	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$324,684	+5.6%
#462	Douglas Cumming	York University	Professor	$324,540	+6.1%
#466	Gary Latham	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behavior	$324,057	+1.7%
#467	Martin Singer	York University	Dean and Professor	$323,681	+0.0%
#471	Elspeth Murray	Queens University	Associate Professor School of Business Associate Dean Maste…	$323,150	+0.2%
#472	Mihkel Tombak	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair Management	$323,056	-1.8%
#475	Angela Hildyard	University of Toronto	Vice President Human Resources and Equity	$322,586	-2.4%
#481	Kenneth McGillivray	University of Waterloo	Vice President Advancement	$321,744	+140.0%
#483	Alan White	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$321,647	+1.3%
#486	Maureen Mancuso	University of Guelph	Provost and Vicepresident Academic	$321,169	-0.6%
#488	David Goldreich	University of Toronto	Academic Director Morning and Evening Masters of Business A…	$320,867	+1.6%
#489	Laurence Booth	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$320,606	+1.5%
#490	Rhonda Lenton	York University	Vicepresident Academic and Provost and Professor	$320,597	+6.0%
#491	Craig Doidge	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$320,547	+4.9%
#507	Robert Hegele	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$319,414	-0.0%
#509	Jan Mahrtsmith	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$319,265	+7.3%
#537	Stephen Collins	McMaster University	Professor and Vicepresident Research	$317,264	-1.4%
#550	Mohamed Lachemi	Toronto Metropolitan University	Provost and Vice President Academic	$315,708	+11.3%