Press Release
In keeping with Ontario’s commitment to openness and transparency, the government has released the salaries of Ontario Public Service and broader public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2015.
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act requires most organizations that receive public funding from the province to disclose annually the names, positions, salaries, and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
For the second year in a row, the government is releasing the compendium in a machine-readable format.
For the first time, the data will be available in searchable tables on Ontario.ca—making it more accessible to the public.
The 2014 compendium also will be available in the same format, further supporting the government’s commitment to openness and transparency.
“The people of Ontario have a right to know how their dollars are being spent,” said Treasury Board president Deb Matthews.
“Today, we are releasing the 2015 Public Sector Salary Disclosure list as part of our government’s commitment to be the most open and transparent government in the country,” she added.
“Ontario has the leanest government in Canada while still providing high-quality public services that people can rely on,” Matthews noted.
The $100,000 threshold has not changed since the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act was enacted in 1996, and has not been adjusted to keep up with inflation.
If the threshold was adjusted for inflation, it would be $146,774–reducing the number of employees included in the compendium by 83 percent.
