Ontario Sunshine List · 2025
Nurse / RN salary in Ontario
Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing officers and related clinical nursing roles across Canadian public sector health authorities.
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This is salary disclosure for public-sector employees earning $100,000+ (threshold not inflation-adjusted). It is not a general wage survey. Reported amounts may include overtime or expenses; these figures are not typical base salaries. Role matching uses published title keywords and can include related roles.
Highest: $452,386 · Lowest: $100,003 · Reporting year: 2025
Highest disclosed records
| Name | Job title / employer | Disclosed compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Merkley | Executive Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive and Chief Operating Officer Sinai Health System | $452,386 |
| Sharon Pierson | Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Executive Hamilton Health Sciences | $445,930 |
| Sonya Canzian | Executive Vice President Clinical, People, Chief Nursing and Health Disciplines Officer Unity Health Toronto | $445,543 |
| Judy Van Clieaf | Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer The Hospital For Sick Children | $443,436 |
| Glyn Boatswain | Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing and Allied Professional Scarborough Health Network | $440,528 |
| Elizabeth Ferguson | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Executive Waterloo Regional Health Network | $392,555 |
| Judith M Linton | Executive Vice President, Acute and Hospital Based Care, and Chief Nursing Executive/Vice-présidente directrice des Soins actifs et hospitaliers, et chef de direction des soins infirmiers Ontario Health | $391,467 |
| Jason Hann | Executive Vice President Patient Care, Chief Nursing Executive and Regional Vice President Cancer Care\Vice-président exécutif des soins aux patients, chef des soins infirmiers et vice-président régional des soins contre le cancer Kingston Health Sciences Centre | $390,506 |
| Brooke Cowell | Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | $374,119 |
| Tiziana Rivera | Executive Vice President Quality Research and Chief Nursing Executive William Osler Health System | $360,625 |
| Leslie Gillies | Vice President, Post Acute Care, Clinical Practice and Education, Chief Nursing Executive Hamilton Health Sciences | $357,281 |
| Jennifer Price | Vice President, Clinical Programs and Corporate Nurse and Professional Practice Executive/Vice-président/Vice-présidente des programmes cliniques, infirmier d’entreprise et cadre de la pratique professionnelle Women's College Hospital | $350,022 |
| Pamela Hubley | Vice President Health Professions and Chief Nursing Officer University Health Network | $349,509 |
| Robyn Stremler | Professor and Dean of Nursing University Of Toronto | $341,160 |
| Katherine Robertson-Cain | Vice President of Patient Care, Kitchener-Waterloo Lead and Chief Nursing Executive Waterloo Regional Health Network | $340,283 |
Negotiated base salary — standard general-duty RN
Contract wage grid, entry step to top step, before overtime, shift premiums or responsibility pay — this is what a typical registered nurse is actually paid. The disclosed averages above fold in overtime and only count nurses over each province’s disclosure threshold, so they run above the grid. Terminology note: in BC, Alberta and Manitoba an “RPN” is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse paid on the RN scale, while in Ontario “RPN” means Registered Practical Nurse (an LPN, paid well below RN).
Previously published benchmark snapshot; effective dates and agreement scope are shown below. These base-pay ranges differ from annual disclosure totals.
| Province / agreement | Base-pay range | Basis / source |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario ONA | $78,468 – $112,476 | General-duty RN, Level 3 grid Source |
Title matching rules: %nurse%, %nursing%. Counts describe disclosure records, not unique people.