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, 2022 → 2023

Aaron Gordon — Associate Professor Faculty of Business and Economics Algoma University · $110,815 → $419,647 +$308,832

John Borrows — Professor of Law University of Toronto · $165,903 → $436,355 +$270,452

Dusya Vera — Professor University of Western Ontario · $101,030 → $308,058 +$207,028

Benjamin Thompson — Professor University of Waterloo · $131,209 → $325,639 +$194,430

Danny Enepekides — Professor and Chair Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery University of Toronto · $162,629 → $353,763 +$191,134

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Sumit Agrawal — Professor and Medical Doctor University of Western Ontario · $148,565 → $333,502 +$184,937

Otto Von Lilienfeld Toal — Professor of Chemistry University of Toronto · $121,379 → $305,850 +$184,471

Cameron Currie — Professor McMaster University · $105,335 → $280,627 +$175,292

Christina Bartha — Senior Executive Director Student Mental Health Policy and Strategy University of Toronto · $105,687 → $274,294 +$168,607

Leah Vosko — Professor and Canada Research Chair York University · $197,928 → $361,670 +$163,742

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 · +107% since 2019

714

2019

846

2020

925

2021

1,064

2022

1,477

2023

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

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Top 100 matching, FY2023

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#33	Brian Golden	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$651,118	+9.7%
#36	Mohit Bhandari	McMaster University	Professor	$632,776	+30.2%
#43	Brian Silverman	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$612,086	+17.6%
#49	Alan Aspuruguzik	University of Toronto	Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science	$598,572	+35.4%
#50	Sharon Hodgson	University of Western Ontario	Dean Ivey Business School and Lecturer	$596,482	+3.0%
#51	Meric Gertler	University of Toronto	President; Professor of Geography and Planning	$590,615	+10.8%
#54	John Yoo	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor	$584,827	+3.6%
#63	Weiyi Liao	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$572,939	+10.0%
#64	David Goldreich	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$564,538	+18.4%
#68	Anita McGahan	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$557,702	+33.1%
#72	Anthony Tang	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$550,027	+0.0%
#74	Jane Philpott	Queens University	Dean Chief Executive Officer Southeastern Ontario Academic …	$546,325	+6.6%
#81	Moon Wong	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$531,270	+10.9%
#82	Alexander Dyck	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$530,925	+17.8%
#84	William Strange	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$528,207	+8.4%
#87	Alan Shepard	University of Western Ontario	President and Vicechancellor	$525,275	+0.9%
#90	Glen Whyte	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Ma…	$523,070	+16.6%
#91	Partha Mohanram	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$521,332	+7.2%
#92	John Hull	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$518,747	+8.3%
#93	Mihnea Moldoveanu	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$517,116	+7.8%
#94	Gerhard Trippen	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Teaching Stream Department of Management	$515,162	+44.6%
#96	David Palmer	University of Toronto	Vicepresident Advancement and Acting Vicepresident Communications	$513,719	+10.8%
#97	Craig Doidge	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$513,152	+7.7%
#98	Elspeth Murray	Queens University	Director Centre for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social …	$512,621	+6.1%
#99	Mikhail Simutin	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$510,801	+14.0%
#107	Salim Yusuf	McMaster University	Professor	$504,895	+1.5%
#108	Liyan Yang	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$503,965	+18.2%
#109	Olekristian Hope	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$503,638	+8.7%
#113	Susan Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$501,749	+2.4%
#119	Joel Baum	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$497,606	+8.6%
#122	Vivek Goel	University of Waterloo	President	$496,700	+4.4%
#134	Rhonda Lenton	York University	President and Vice Chancellor and Professor	$490,000	-0.1%
#136	Cheryl Misak	University of Toronto	Professor of Philosophy and Interim Director Munk School of…	$488,471	+9.6%
#139	Joseph Milner	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management and Statistics	$487,430	+5.5%
#143	Marie Limanni	York University	Program Executive Director Student Systems Renewal Program	$483,808	+32.9%
#151	Wanda Costen	Queens University	Dean Smith School of Business Professor	$479,850	+19.9%
#154	Yeheskel Barisaac	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$478,882	+8.9%
#156	Dilip Soman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$478,170	+19.4%
#163	Ajay Agrawal	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$473,525	+2.1%
#164	Hai Lu	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$473,239	+13.9%
#165	Lionel Young	University of Toronto	Professor Psychiatry and Dean Temerty Faculty of Medicine	$471,733	+0.5%
#169	Mohamed Lachemi	Toronto Metropolitan University	President	$469,831	+4.1%
#170	Claudia Emerson	McMaster University	Professor	$469,634	+1.8%
#171	Wendy Rotenberg	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$469,355	+12.2%
#173	Paul Obyrne	McMaster University	Dean and Vice President Health Sciences and Professor	$468,941	+2.7%
#179	Thomas McCurdy	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$466,964	+7.7%
#181	David Farrar	McMaster University	President and Vicechancellor	$466,274	+12.2%
#195	Pankaj Aggarwal	University of Toronto	Professor of Management	$460,340	+20.4%
#197	Varouj Aivazian	University of Toronto	Professor Department of Economics	$459,543	+8.6%
#199	Jim Clayton	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair and Director and Program Direct…	$459,018	+11.7%
#201	Jan Mahrtsmith	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$457,948	+5.2%
#203	Bernard Jasmin	University of Ottawa	Doyenne Doyen and Dean	$457,510	+3.2%
#204	Cheryl Regehr	University of Toronto	Vice President and Provost; Professor Factorinwentash Facul…	$457,487	+17.2%
#206	Joshua Gans	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$456,456	+0.6%
#214	Jeffrey Callen	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$453,606	+15.3%
#217	Kenneth Corts	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$453,131	-4.2%
#220	Brad Strom	York University	Chief Information Officer	$450,411	+28.6%
#241	Chayawat Ornthanalai	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$440,153	+34.5%
#244	Manfred Schneider	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Teaching Stream Department of Management	$438,706	+4.5%
#247	Charlotte Yates	University of Guelph	President and Vicechancellor	$437,767	+0.0%
#251	John Borrows	University of Toronto	Professor of Law	$436,355	+122.5%
#253	Vijayakumar Murty	University of Toronto	Professor of Mathematics	$436,005	+19.6%
#258	Raymond Kan	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$434,089	-1.0%
#260	Barry Craig	Huron University College	President	$433,876	+4.4%
#261	Opher Baron	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management and Statistics	$433,149	+3.6%
#263	Sergei Davydenko	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$432,668	-0.9%
#265	Aida Wahid	University of Toronto	Professor of Management	$432,159	+10.0%
#267	Gary Latham	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Ma…	$430,676	+9.3%
#286	John Parkinson	University of Toronto	Professor Teaching Stream of Management	$424,387	+10.0%
#299	Lilian Ng	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair	$421,488	-0.5%
#300	David Peters	York University	Dean and Professor	$421,167	n/a
#302	Stephen Williamson	University of Western Ontario	Professor	$420,973	-8.4%
#304	Detlev Zwick	York University	Dean and Associate Professor	$420,670	+2.9%
#307	David Zweig	University of Toronto	Professor of Management and Vicedean Recruitment Enrolment …	$419,994	+6.1%
#308	Aaron Gordon	Algoma University	Associate Professor Faculty of Business and Economics	$419,647	+299.9%
#310	Francesco Bova	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Accounting	$419,424	+13.3%
#312	Patrick Deane	Queens University	Principal and Vicechancellor	$419,258	+0.0%
#314	Laurence Booth	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$418,858	+8.8%
#316	James Orbinski	York University	Professor and Director Organized Research Unit Faculty Based	$418,444	-2.5%
#318	Timothy Rowley	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$417,758	+14.0%
#324	Cristina Amon	University of Toronto	Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	$416,573	+9.3%
#326	Avi Goldfarb	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$415,826	-2.8%
#328	Bernardo Blum	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$415,459	+30.4%
#336	Jacques Fremont	University of Ottawa	Rectrice Et Vicechanceliere Ou Recteur Et Vicechancelier an…	$414,016	+0.0%
#340	Redouane Elkamhi	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$413,316	+15.2%
#344	Patricia Houston	University of Toronto	Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Vice Dean Medica…	$412,751	+10.1%
#345	Lisa Strug	University of Toronto	Professor of Statistical Sciences and Computer Science and …	$412,751	+14.3%
#347	Inghaw Cheng	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Finance	$412,363	-0.3%
#354	Andreas Park	University of Toronto	Professor Department of Management	$410,054	+11.2%
#356	Saher Fazilat	McMaster University	Vice President Operations and Finance	$409,657	+14.3%
#359	Leonard Waverman	McMaster University	Professor	$409,167	+0.0%
#360	Abraham Iqbal	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Teaching Stream Department of Management	$409,141	+14.7%
#361	David Soberman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$409,120	+1.5%
#362	Russell Belk	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair	$408,765	+0.5%
#364	John Kelton	McMaster University	Professor	$408,205	-1.8%
#366	Steven Hoffman	York University	Professor and Senior Advisor and Advisor and Endowed Chair	$407,692	+0.5%
#368	Gerard Wright	McMaster University	Professor	$407,369	+2.3%
#372	Walid Hejazi	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$407,096	+23.7%
#373	Gregory Steinberg	McMaster University	Professor	$406,995	+2.3%
#376	Beatrix Dart	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$406,734	+18.1%