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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Bethany Simons

Counsel · Attorney General
CounselOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$312,743.83
▲ 83.8% since 2009

Bethany Simons was paid $312,743.83 in total compensation as Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 213% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Bethany Simons has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2009, earning $2.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $203,354.00 a year, up 84% over that span.

That is 47% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$312,743.83
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.6M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$203,354.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+83.8%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$105K$162K$220K$277K$334K2009201020122013201420162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Bethany Simons's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $312,743.83
Lifetime total compensation$2.6M
Annual average$203,354.00
Total growth since 2009+83.8%
Biggest raise+40.2% (2025)
Biggest drop-29.1% (2014)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Counsel$312,743.83▲ 40.2%
2024
Counsel$223,061.96▼ 4.6%
2022
Counsel$233,929.26▲ 1.9%
2021
Counsel$229,665.57▲ 1.6%
2020
Counsel$225,988.70▲ 3.1%
2019
Counsel$219,260.55▲ 19.7%
2018
Counsel↑ role changed$183,151.94▲ 33.9%
2016
Crown Counsel↑ role changed$136,815.88▼ 1.0%
2014
Counsel / Avocate↑ role changed$138,150.79▼ 29.1%
2013
Deputy Director$194,793.61▼ 0.3%
2012
Deputy Director↑ role changed$195,398.67▲ 8.3%
2010
Counsel$180,448.05▲ 6.0%
2009First
Counsel$170,196.18
13 years total$2.6M total$203,354.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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