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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 14 years

Joanna Pearson

Judicial Research Lawyer · Attorney General
Judicial Research LawyerOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$326,834.18
▲ 225.7% since 2009

Joanna Pearson was paid $326,834.18 in total compensation as Judicial Research Lawyer at Attorney General in 2025, 227% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Joanna Pearson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2009, earning $2.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $189,036.00 a year, up 226% 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
$2.6M
Total compensation
across 14 years
$189,036.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+225.7%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

14 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$60K$133K$207K$280K$354K20092010201220132014201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Joanna Pearson's total compensation has moved across 14 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $326,834.18
Lifetime total compensation$2.6M
Annual average$189,036.00
Total growth since 2009+225.7%
Biggest raise+41.5% (2025)
Biggest drop-1.3% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

14 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Judicial Research Lawyer$326,834.18▲ 41.5%
2024
Judicial Research Lawyer$230,968.85▼ 1.3%
2022
Judicial Research Lawyer$233,929.26▲ 1.9%
2021
Judicial Research Lawyer$229,665.57▲ 1.6%
2020
Judicial Research Lawyer$225,988.70▼ 0.7%
2019
Judicial Research Lawyer$227,657.29▲ 9.1%
2018
Judicial Research Lawyer$208,723.78▲ 4.6%
2016
Judicial Research Lawyer↑ role changed$199,521.98▲ 23.7%
2015
Judicial Research Lawyer / Avocate, recherche judiciaire↑ role changed$161,243.31▲ 15.0%
2014
Counsel / Avocate↑ role changed$140,213.00▲ 9.1%
2013
Counsel$128,526.06▲ 5.0%
2012
Counsel↑ role changed$122,387.16▲ 10.8%
2010
Crown Counsel$110,481.01▲ 10.1%
2009First
Crown Counsel$100,357.21
14 years total$2.6M total$189,036.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Judicial Research Lawyer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
14

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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