Every public salary,
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Every Canadian province discloses the public-sector employees it pays above a set threshold. We make those records — across all nine provinces — searchable, sortable, and crystal clear.
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Nine public-sector disclosure regimes, each with its own threshold.
Ontario
Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 requires organizations that receive public funding to annually disclose the salaries of employees paid $100,000 or more. The list has been published every year since 1996.
British Columbia
The Financial Information Act requires many publicly funded bodies and public corporations in British Columbia to publish an annual Statement of Financial Information including the total remuneration for employees earning more than $75,000. This dataset covers core BC public service (CRF) employees only.
Alberta
Alberta discloses compensation for Government of Alberta employees under the Public Service Compensation Disclosure Policy. The threshold adjusts annually. Note: names are excluded from the open data CSV — they appear on the interactive web table only.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan discloses salaries for Crown corporation employees through the Crown Investments Corporation Payee Disclosure Policy. No general public sector salary disclosure law exists. Data is published annually as PDFs only — no machine-readable download.
Manitoba
Manitoba discloses compensation for public sector employees earning $85,000 or more through the Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act. Data is available via ArcGIS Hub with full names, salary, employer, and sector.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia discloses compensation for public sector employees earning $100,000 or more. Data is published as individual PDF files per organization — no consolidated CSV download is available.
New Brunswick
New Brunswick discloses public sector compensation through its Public Accounts. Data is available via Socrata as CSV. Note: multiple rows per person (one per payment type — salary, allowance, severance) which are aggregated by name.
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island does not currently have a provincial sunshine list law. Legislation was introduced in early 2026 proposing salary range disclosure (without individual names). No downloadable dataset is available.
Newfoundland & Labrador
Newfoundland & Labrador discloses compensation for public sector employees earning $100,000 or more under the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act (2016). Data is published as individual XLSX files per organization — no consolidated download.
What is the Sunshine List?
The annual disclosure of public-sector pay above a threshold.
"Letting the sunshine in"
on public spending.
The "Sunshine List" is the colloquial name for the annual public disclosure of government and public-sector employees paid above a set threshold. Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act (1996) set the bar at $100,000; British Columbia discloses at $75,000, and Alberta at about $159,000 (adjusted yearly).
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What is the Sunshine List?
The Sunshine List is the annual public disclosure of public-sector employees paid above a set threshold — in Ontario, $100,000 or more — including their name, position, salary, and taxable benefits.
What salary qualifies for the Ontario Sunshine List?
In Ontario, anyone paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year by a covered public-sector employer appears on the list. The threshold was set in 1996 and has never been adjusted for inflation.
When is the Ontario Sunshine List released?
Ontario typically releases the Sunshine List in late March each year, covering the previous calendar year.
Does every province have a Sunshine List?
Most do — Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland & Labrador all disclose public-sector pay, at different thresholds. Quebec does not publish a comparable list.
Can you be removed from the Sunshine List?
You cannot be removed from the official government disclosure — it is public record. You can request a correction if the data is wrong, or ask this site to remove your profile from its search results.
How do I search the Sunshine List?
Search by name, employer, or job title from any province hub on this site. Each person has a profile with their total compensation and year-by-year salary history.
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