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, 2015 → 2016

Graham Collingridge — Professor and Chair Physiology University of Toronto · $100,380 → $326,640 +$226,260

Charlotte Yates — Provost and Vicepresident Academic University of Guelph · $119,072 → $299,743 +$180,671

Norman Buckley — Professor and Chair McMaster University · $247,523 → $402,202 +$154,680

Andreas Park — Associate Professor and Associate Chair Department of Management University of Toronto · $130,413 → $282,461 +$152,048

Jeongbon Kim — Professor University of Waterloo · $145,426 → $294,109 +$148,683

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Andrey Golubov — Professor of Finance University of Toronto · $131,462 → $272,895 +$141,433

William Robins — President Victoria University · $140,741 → $281,482 +$140,741

Stephen Watt — Dean Mathematics University of Waterloo · $135,465 → $274,598 +$139,133

Christopher Kobrak — Professor of Finance University of Toronto · $132,630 → $269,930 +$137,300

Vern Paulsen — Professor University of Waterloo · $100,166 → $228,857 +$128,691

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 · +73% since 2012

293

2012

337

2013

353

2014

405

2015

507

2016

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

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Top 100 matching, FY2016

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#2	William Moriarty	University of Toronto	President and Chief Executive Officer University of Toronto…	$1,046,194	-29.0%
#44	John Kelton	McMaster University	Professor and Executive Director	$525,181	+3.7%
#51	Daren Smith	University of Toronto	President and Chief Investment Officer University of Toront…	$512,736	-26.1%
#57	Glen Whyte	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Ma…	$505,427	+14.8%
#65	Meric Gertler	University of Toronto	President University of Toronto	$495,361	+0.0%
#70	Franco Vaccarino	University of Guelph	President	$489,199	+0.0%
#74	Amit Chakma	University of Western Ontario	President and Vicechancellor	$486,989	n/a
#81	Michael Strong	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor	$475,562	-2.4%
#82	David Palmer	University of Toronto	Vice President Advancement	$475,328	+2.4%
#86	Mamdouh Shoukri	York University	President and Vice Chancellor	$470,224	+0.0%
#88	Mihnea Moldoveanu	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Learning and Innovation and Professor of Business…	$469,151	+1.7%
#91	Brian Golden	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Professional Programs and Professor of Strategic …	$465,036	+21.8%
#94	Dezso Horvath	York University	Dean and Professor	$461,741	+0.0%
#107	Mohamed Lachemi	Toronto Metropolitan University	President and Vice Chancellor	$451,594	+15.6%
#108	Mark Crowther	McMaster University	Professor	$451,503	-4.8%
#111	William Strange	University of Toronto	Professor of Business Economics	$445,233	+6.8%
#118	Robert Kennedy	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor	$440,102	-1.1%
#119	John Hull	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$439,014	+10.4%
#125	William Mitchell	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$435,118	+1.4%
#128	Joel Baum	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$431,765	+0.3%
#130	Jacques Bradwejn	University of Ottawa	Dean	$430,160	+1.7%
#142	Peter Pauly	University of Toronto	Professor of Business Economics	$425,255	+2.1%
#144	Thomas McCurdy	University of Toronto	Director Financial Research and Trading Laboratory and Prof…	$424,785	-4.6%
#150	Richard Reznick	Queens University	Dean Director School of Medicine Professor	$422,682	+0.7%
#153	Alexander Dyck	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance and Business Economics	$421,731	+32.8%
#154	Varouj Aivazian	University of Toronto	Professor of Economics	$420,587	+2.3%
#159	Akbar Panju	McMaster University	Professor	$416,493	-1.5%
#167	Jan Mahrtsmith	University of Toronto	Academic Director Fulltime Masters of Business Administrati…	$413,054	+16.7%
#169	Pankaj Aggarwal	University of Toronto	Professor of Management	$412,250	+25.7%
#172	Aled Edwards	University of Toronto	Professor Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research	$411,141	+3.4%
#177	Dilip Soman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$409,297	+5.0%
#182	Lionel Young	University of Toronto	Professor Psychiatry and Dean	$406,080	+0.0%
#184	Wendy Rotenberg	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting and Finance	$403,510	+12.5%
#185	Feridun Hamdullahpur	University of Waterloo	President	$403,507	+0.0%
#186	Ajay Agrawal	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$403,185	+24.5%
#188	Tiff Macklem	University of Toronto	Dean Rotman School of Management	$402,290	+0.0%
#189	Norman Buckley	McMaster University	Professor and Chair	$402,202	+62.5%
#190	Cristina Amon	University of Toronto	Professor and Dean Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering	$402,012	+0.0%
#191	Peter Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$401,860	+6.6%
#193	Kenneth Corts	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Faculty and Research and Professor of Business Ec…	$401,520	+15.2%
#195	Howard Hu	University of Toronto	Professor and Dean Dalla Lana School of Public Health	$400,731	+0.0%
#197	Patrick Deane	McMaster University	President and Vicechancellor	$400,452	-3.2%
#199	Roseann Runte	Carleton University	President	$400,005	+0.0%
#202	Max Blouw	Wilfrid Laurier University	President	$399,661	+0.0%
#205	Cheryl Misak	University of Toronto	Professor of Philosophy	$397,205	+8.1%
#207	Allan Rock	University of Ottawa	Recteur and President	$395,047	+0.0%
#210	Manfred Schneider	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Teaching Stream Department of Management	$394,348	+5.3%
#212	David Soberman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$393,896	+21.7%
#218	David Goldreich	University of Toronto	Director Rotman Commerce and Professor of Finance	$391,084	+11.3%
#222	Bing Han	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$390,287	+7.6%
#227	Salim Yusuf	McMaster University	Professor	$388,630	+19.5%
#228	Adrian Hussey	University of Toronto	Managing Director Portfolio and Risk Analysis University of…	$388,514	-29.1%
#232	Daniel Woolf	Queens University	Principal and Vicechancellor Professor	$387,025	-0.1%
#234	Craig Doidge	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$386,132	+12.0%
#238	David Walker	Queens University	Executive Director and Associate Dean Professor Staufferdun…	$384,816	+4.1%
#241	Cameron Richards	University of Toronto	Managing Director Investment Strategy and Cochief Investmen…	$383,868	-46.0%
#242	Janet Dancey	Queens University	Director Professor Eisenhauer Chair Clinical Cancer Research	$383,592	+6.5%
#244	David Saunders	Queens University	Dean Director Professor	$382,367	+1.0%
#248	Roger Strasser	Northern Ontario School of Medicine	Dean and Chief Executive Officer	$381,324	+0.0%
#251	Jeffrey Callen	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$380,378	+16.2%
#252	David Naylor	University of Toronto	Professor of Medicine	$380,320	-5.4%
#256	Elspeth Murray	Queens University	Associate Dean Master of Business Administration Programs A…	$378,564	+0.2%
#260	Leonard Waverman	McMaster University	Professor and Dean	$377,035	-0.3%
#263	Paul Obyrne	McMaster University	Professor	$376,291	+15.2%
#265	Janice Deakin	University of Western Ontario	Provost and Professor	$375,503	+0.0%
#269	Vivek Goel	University of Toronto	Vice President Research and Innovation	$374,687	+13.5%
#273	Cheryl Regehr	University of Toronto	Vice President and Provost	$373,557	+0.0%
#278	Anita McGahan	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$372,491	+2.8%
#279	Judith Wolfson	University of Toronto	Vice President International Government and Institutional R…	$372,299	+0.0%
#288	Brian Silverman	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$370,473	-4.7%
#292	Joshua Gans	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$369,853	+8.8%
#293	Lilian Ng	York University	Professor	$369,119	+14.7%
#301	Sergei Davydenko	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$365,412	+17.6%
#306	Alan White	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$364,081	+4.3%
#312	Bonnie Patterson	Trent University	Full Professor	$362,645	+1.9%
#316	Richard Florida	University of Toronto	Academic Director Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor…	$361,808	+22.6%
#317	Brian Stevenson	Lakehead University	President	$361,285	-0.0%
#318	David Zweig	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair of Management	$361,223	+5.1%
#320	Alan Wildeman	University of Windsor	President	$360,886	+4.9%
#332	Russell Belk	York University	Professor	$357,941	+4.8%
#334	Susan Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Vice Dean Undergraduate and Preexperience Programs and Prof…	$357,528	+14.6%
#337	Mohit Bhandari	McMaster University	Professor	$356,632	-4.1%
#338	Edward Iacobucci	University of Toronto	Professor of Law and Dean Faculty of Law	$356,516	+2.1%
#339	Keehong Bae	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair	$356,511	+3.0%
#341	Partha Mohanram	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$356,384	+13.7%
#342	Gary Latham	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Ma…	$356,315	+7.8%
#354	Olekristian Hope	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$353,501	+1.8%
#356	Tina Dacin	Queens University	Director Centre for Social Impact Professor Smith Chair	$352,914	+5.8%
#362	James Orbinski	Wilfrid Laurier University	Faculty	$352,181	-1.8%
#368	Izzeldin Abuelaish	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health	$350,804	+4.6%
#376	Laurence Booth	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$349,594	+7.2%
#379	Mihkel Tombak	University of Toronto	Professor and Chair Department of Management	$348,263	-1.6%
#382	Sridhar Moorthy	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$347,793	+12.6%
#388	Elisa Zuliani	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$347,241	+37.9%
#389	Mara Lederman	University of Toronto	Director of Research Resources and Centres and Professor of…	$347,145	+17.1%
#400	Oded Berman	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management	$345,505	+7.3%
#402	Douglas Cumming	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair	$345,101	+4.9%
#403	Nicholas Leyland	McMaster University	Professor	$344,492	+49.6%
#417	Harvey Skinner	York University	Professor	$341,533	+2.9%
#418	Yue Li	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Department of Management	$341,330	+1.6%