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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Melissa Atkin

Crown Counsel · Attorney General
Crown CounselOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$267,223.33
▲ 67.7% since 2021

Melissa Atkin was paid $267,223.33 in total compensation as Crown Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 167% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Atkin has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2021, earning $785K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $196,260.00 a year, up 68% over that span.

That is 25% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$267,223.33
Latest compensation
in 2025
$785K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$196,260.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+67.7%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

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FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Atkin's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $267,223.33
Lifetime total compensation$785K
Annual average$196,260.00
Total growth since 2021+67.7%
Biggest raise+42.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Crown Counsel$267,223.33▲ 42.1%
2024
Crown Counsel↑ role changed$188,116.22▲ 10.4%
2022
Assistant Crown Attorney$170,398.00▲ 7.0%
2021First
Assistant Crown Attorney$159,303.84
4 years total$785K total$196,260.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Crown Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2021
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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