What does this employer profile show?
This profile summarizes Ontario Arts Council disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
Employer public compensation profile
Ontario Arts Council public compensation profile, 2025
Ontario Arts Council appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 28 disclosed records, $3,684,589 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $125,405. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or a standalone judgment.
Public disclosure summary
This SunshineList.org profile summarizes Ontario public salary disclosure records for Ontario Arts Council in 2025. The profile shows 28 disclosed records, $3,684,589 in salary paid, $4,398 in taxable benefits, a median disclosed salary of $125,405, and an average disclosed salary of $131,592. Disclosed records are not the same as employees, and salary paid is not total compensation.
Key disclosed metrics
Disclosed records28public disclosure rows
Disclosed payroll$3.7M$3,684,589 salary paid
Median disclosed salary$125,405among disclosed records
Taxable benefits$4.4K0.12% of salary paid
SectorCrown AgenciesView Crown Agencies sector page
Inferred placeOntario / not location-specificplatform-generated label
Profile snapshot
- Sector footprint
- 0.1% of sector disclosed records; 0.1% of sector salary paid.
- Median vs sector
- Employer median: $125,405; sector median: $126,260; close to sector median.
- Role-family salary share
- Other disclosed roles — 45.2% of this employer’s salary paid.
- Salary-band concentration
- 100–125k — 50.0% of disclosed records.
- Benefits-to-salary ratio
- Employer: 0.12%; sector: 0.53%.
- Benchmark caveat
- Disclosed-record benchmarks only.
Responsible use and limits
Disclosure records require context: disclosed records are not the same as employees; salary paid is not total compensation; taxable benefits are not total benefits; role-family labels are platform-generated heuristics where applicable; comparisons require sector, employer scale, role mix, and source-year context.
- Disclosed records are not the same as employees.
- Salary paid is not total compensation.
- Taxable benefits are not total benefits.
- Role-family labels are platform-generated heuristics where applicable.
- Comparisons require sector, employer scale, role mix, and source-year context.
- Disclosed payroll is not total employer or sector payroll.
What this page does not conclude
- It does not assess performance, value, efficiency, quality, conduct, or compensation fairness.
- It does not prove a trend from one year of disclosure.
- It does not explain individual employment circumstances, overtime, retroactive payments, or partial-year effects.
- It does not replace source review, methodology, or correction context.
What stands out in this profile?
- The profile includes 28 disclosed records and $3,684,589 in salary paid.
- The median disclosed salary is $125,405, compared with $126,260 for the Crown Agencies sector; this is close to the sector median disclosed salary.
- The largest role family by disclosed salary paid is Other disclosed roles.
- The largest salary band by disclosed record count is 100–125k.
- Reported taxable benefits equal 0.12% of salary paid, using disclosed taxable benefits only.
These observations summarize disclosed records only and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and responsible-use caveats.
Sector context
Within this sector’s disclosed records, Ontario Arts Council can be compared with the Crown Agencies sector by disclosed record count, salary paid, median disclosed salary, and average disclosed salary where available. This is context for transparency and benchmarking, not a measure of performance, value, efficiency, quality, or compensation fairness.
| Metric | Ontario Arts Council | Crown Agencies sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 28 | 19,087 | 0.1% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $3,684,589 | $2,653,155,063 | 0.1% of sector salary paid |
| Median disclosed salary | $125,405 | $126,260 | Median salary paid among disclosed records only. |
| Average disclosed salary | $131,592 | $139,003 | Average salary paid among disclosed records only. |
Role-family mix
Role families summarize disclosed position titles using neutral, platform-generated heuristics. They do not assess performance, efficiency, quality, or institutional value.
| Role family | Disclosed records | Disclosed payroll | Median disclosed salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other disclosed roles | 13 | $1,666,333 | $130,047 |
| Finance, procurement and audit | 5 | $598,080 | $113,516 |
| Digital, data and technology | 3 | $359,785 | $113,434 |
| Academic and research | 2 | $298,992 | $149,496 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 1 | $249,760 | $249,760 |
| Corporate administration and operations | 2 | $246,343 | $123,172 |
| Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | 1 | $141,654 | $141,654 |
| Communications, marketing and public affairs | 1 | $123,641 | $123,641 |
Salary-band distribution
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 14 | $1,593,102 |
| 125–150k | 10 | $1,352,409 |
| 150–200k | 3 | $489,317 |
| 200–300k | 1 | $249,760 |
| 300–500k | 0 | $0 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
Source and citation
- Page title
- Ontario Arts Council public compensation profile, 2025
- Canonical URL
- https://sunshinelist.org/employers/ontario-arts-council/
- Source year
- 2025
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17T19:24:59.695Z
Suggested citation: SunshineList.org. ‘Ontario Arts Council public compensation profile, 2025.’ Ontario Public Compensation Intelligence, 2025 disclosure year. Based on Ontario public salary disclosure records. Accessed 2026-06-17.
Selected disclosed records for this employer
This table shows selected public disclosure records for this employer, sorted by salary paid. Records are shown for context and should be read with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray, Michael A | Chief Executive Officer / Directrice générale | Executive and senior leadership | $249,760 | $312 | 2025 |
| Sandhu, Jaspreet | Director of Public Affairs, Communications and Research / Directrice des Affaires Publiques, Communications et Recherche | Academic and research | $165,896 | $211 | 2025 |
| Rauf, Mariya Afzal | Director of Granting / Directrice des subventions | Other disclosed roles | $161,710 | $209 | 2025 |
| Xu, Hong | Director of Finance and Corporate Services / Directeur des Finances et des services corporatifs | Finance, procurement and audit | $161,710 | $209 | 2025 |
| Li, Mao Sheng | Manager of Information Systems, Technology / Chef, systèmes et technologies de l'information | Digital, data and technology | $143,110 | $182 | 2025 |
| Small, Nina | Director of Human Resources / Directrice des ressources humaines | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $141,654 | $177 | 2025 |
| Gu, Zhe | Associate Director of Granting / Directrice adjointe des subventions | Other disclosed roles | $139,165 | $174 | 2025 |
| Chalmers, Elise | Associate Director of Granting / Adjointe des subventions | Other disclosed roles | $138,997 | $180 | 2025 |
| Parsons, David | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $136,730 | $151 | 2025 |
| Bird, Katherine Elena | Associate Director of Research and Analysis, Directrice adjointe de la recherche et de l’analyse | Academic and research | $133,096 | $172 | 2025 |
| Peerbaye, Soraya | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $131,759 | $146 | 2025 |
| Deljouravesh, Jessica | Granting Project Officer / Responsable de projet de subventions | Other disclosed roles | $131,329 | $145 | 2025 |
View up to 100 disclosed records, sorted by salary paid
The expanded table lists up to 100 public disclosure records for this employer. These rows are not individual pages and should not be treated as a standalone judgment about any individual. These are public disclosure rows for this employer. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray, Michael A | Chief Executive Officer / Directrice générale | Executive and senior leadership | $249,760 | $312 | 2025 |
| Sandhu, Jaspreet | Director of Public Affairs, Communications and Research / Directrice des Affaires Publiques, Communications et Recherche | Academic and research | $165,896 | $211 | 2025 |
| Rauf, Mariya Afzal | Director of Granting / Directrice des subventions | Other disclosed roles | $161,710 | $209 | 2025 |
| Xu, Hong | Director of Finance and Corporate Services / Directeur des Finances et des services corporatifs | Finance, procurement and audit | $161,710 | $209 | 2025 |
| Li, Mao Sheng | Manager of Information Systems, Technology / Chef, systèmes et technologies de l'information | Digital, data and technology | $143,110 | $182 | 2025 |
| Small, Nina | Director of Human Resources / Directrice des ressources humaines | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $141,654 | $177 | 2025 |
| Gu, Zhe | Associate Director of Granting / Directrice adjointe des subventions | Other disclosed roles | $139,165 | $174 | 2025 |
| Chalmers, Elise | Associate Director of Granting / Adjointe des subventions | Other disclosed roles | $138,997 | $180 | 2025 |
| Parsons, David | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $136,730 | $151 | 2025 |
| Bird, Katherine Elena | Associate Director of Research and Analysis, Directrice adjointe de la recherche et de l’analyse | Academic and research | $133,096 | $172 | 2025 |
| Peerbaye, Soraya | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $131,759 | $146 | 2025 |
| Deljouravesh, Jessica | Granting Project Officer / Responsable de projet de subventions | Other disclosed roles | $131,329 | $145 | 2025 |
| Gloude, Carolyn | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $130,047 | $143 | 2025 |
| Broadhurst, Maura | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $126,522 | $141 | 2025 |
| Kipang, Shani | Manager of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility/Responsable de l’équité, de la diversité,de l’inclusion et de l’accessibilité | Corporate administration and operations | $124,288 | $161 | 2025 |
| Wasser, Shoshana | Associate Director of Public Affairs and Communications /Directrice adjointe des affaires publiques et des communications | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $123,641 | $155 | 2025 |
| Wohrle, Lisa | Associate Program Officer / Responsable adjointe de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $123,007 | $126 | 2025 |
| Guo, Jing | Information System Analyst / Analyste de système informatique | Corporate administration and operations | $122,056 | $145 | 2025 |
| Gilbert, Barbara | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $120,026 | $133 | 2025 |
| Chen, David | Manager of Finance, Risk and Compliance/Responsable des Finances, des risques et de la conformité | Finance, procurement and audit | $115,425 | $149 | 2025 |
| Birenbaum, David | Procurement Specialist / Spécialiste de l’approvisionnement | Finance, procurement and audit | $113,516 | $125 | 2025 |
| Sarich, Patrick | Local Area Network Administrator / Administrateur du réseau local | Digital, data and technology | $113,434 | $125 | 2025 |
| Forslund, Alana | Northern Arts Representative / Représentante des arts du Nord | Other disclosed roles | $110,513 | $123 | 2025 |
| Kinnear, Kim | Granting Project Officer / Responsable de projet de subventions | Other disclosed roles | $108,287 | $121 | 2025 |
| Mansour, Nahed | Program Officer / Responsable de programmes | Other disclosed roles | $108,241 | $138 | 2025 |
| Damdar, Simon | Finance Coordinator / Coordinateur des finances | Finance, procurement and audit | $104,590 | $116 | 2025 |
| Steele, Georgia | Program Data Coordinator / Coordonnatrice des données sur les programmmes | Digital, data and technology | $103,240 | $114 | 2025 |
| Yuan, Tao | Accounting Specialist / Spécialiste en comptabilité | Finance, procurement and audit | $102,840 | $114 | 2025 |
Source, methodology, and corrections
This profile is based on Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure source data as processed for public-interest analysis. Review source attribution, methodology, and correction options before relying on any single figure.
Employer profile questions and answers
Are disclosed records the same as employees?
No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
Is role family an official Ontario field?
No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.
Where can corrections or privacy concerns be raised?
Use the corrections / privacy review page linked from this profile to raise spelling, classification, context, or privacy concerns.