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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Donald Mcpherson

Counsel · Attorney General
CounselOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$326,834.18
▲ 101.0% since 2016

Donald Mcpherson was paid $326,834.18 in total compensation as Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 227% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Donald Mcpherson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2016, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $231,311.00 a year, up 101% over that span.

That is 53% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$326,834.18
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.9M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$231,311.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+101.0%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$133K$186K$240K$293K$347K20162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Donald Mcpherson's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $326,834.18
Lifetime total compensation$1.9M
Annual average$231,311.00
Total growth since 2016+101.0%
Biggest raise+41.5% (2025)
Biggest drop-2.5% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Counsel$326,834.18▲ 41.5%
2024
Counsel↑ role changed$230,968.85▼ 1.3%
2022
Senior Counsel$233,929.26▲ 1.9%
2021
Senior Counsel$229,665.57▲ 1.6%
2020
Senior Counsel$225,988.70▼ 2.5%
2019
Senior Counsel$231,801.19▲ 11.1%
2018
Senior Counsel↑ role changed$208,723.78▲ 28.4%
2016First
Senior Counsel principal$162,575.40
8 years total$1.9M total$231,311.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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