'Sunshine List' reveals biggest public sector earners in Toronto

FILE - St. Michael's Hospital president and CEO Dr. Robert Howard discusses brain research with donors Barbara and Patrick Keenan, in Toronto, on Thursday, May 5, 2011. (The Canadian Press/St. Michael's Hospital)

Many of Ontario’s highest-paid public servants work in Toronto. They are leaders of local hospitals, universities, colleges, school boards and the City of Toronto, the 2014 Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure revealed on Friday.

The so-called “Sunshine List” is supposed to include the names and salaries of all public workers earning $100,000 or more. It has been published each year since 1996. There are 111,438 Ontarians on the 2014 list, up 14 per cent from 2013.

Here are the salaries and taxable benefits of some notable Toronto public sector leaders:

Universities

Ryerson University president Sheldon Levy $370,475.04 + $18,849.40

York University president Mamdouh Shoukri $463,105.13 + $7,615.49

University of Toronto president Meric Gertler $398,737.41 + $44,630.19

Colleges

George Brown College president Anne Sado $370,226.84 + $2,256.63

Seneca College president David Agnew $408,288.41 + $14,641.42

Humber College president Chris Whitaker $425,282.23 + $23,092.11

School boards

Toronto District School Board director of education Donna Quan $291,676.97 + $19,341.58

Toronto Catholic District School Board director of education Angela Gauthier $226,599.88 + $8,697.72

City of Toronto

Toronto Transit Commission CEO Andrew Byford $345,147.02 + $14,527.24

Toronto Police Service chief William Sterling Blair $349,259.68 + $2,333.34

Medical Officer of Health Robert McKeown $301,350.11 + $11,109.75

Hospitals

Humber River Hospital president and CEO Devlin Rueben $516,066.90 + $20,563.63

Markham Stouffville Hospital president and CEO Janet Beed $418,964.68 + $10,612.76

Mount Sinai Hospital president and CEO Joseph Mapa $688,907.07 + $3,519.00

North York General Hospital president and CEO Tim Rutledge $473,000.00 + $14,442.64

Rouge Valley Health System president and CEO Rik Ganderton $451,806.73 + $12,830.53

St. Michael's Hospital president and CEO Robert Howard $544,502.80 + $27,451.25

Sunnybrook Health Sciences president and CEO Barry McLellan $714,999.97 + $50,304.98

The Hospital for Sick Children president and CEO Michael Apkon $544,100.00 + $17,247.81

The Scarborough Hospital president and CEO Robert F. Biron $443,216.85 + $12,021.18

Toronto East General Hospital president and CEO Robert Devitt $425,001.20 + $4,372.40

University Health Network president and CEO Robert S. Bell $441,688.80 + $43,033.78

William Osler Health System president and CEO Matthew Anderson $478,410.08 + $27,291.45

Women's College Hospital president and CEO Marilyn Emery $431,134.75 + $15,735.25