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On the 2020 Sunshine List · 8 years

Sharon Buchanan

Counsel · Attorney General
2020 Total Compensation Paid
$225,216.60
▲ 16.5% since 2012

Sharon Buchanan was paid $225,216.60 in total compensation as Counsel at Attorney General in 2020, 125% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sharon Buchanan has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2012, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $208,268.00 a year, up 16% over that span.

That is 6% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$225,216.60
Latest compensation
in 2020
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$208,268.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+16.5%
Career growth
since 2012
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$187K$198K$209K$221K$232K20122013201420152016201820192020
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2019 · $227,657.29
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$208,268.00
Total growth since 2012+16.5%
Biggest raise+9.1% (2019)
Biggest drop-1.1% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2020Latest
Counsel$225,216.60▼ 1.1%
2019★ Best
Counsel$227,657.29▲ 9.1%
2018
Counsel$208,723.78▼ 0.5%
2016
Counsel↑ role changed$209,797.36▲ 1.1%
2015
Counsel / Avocate$207,414.12▲ 3.4%
2014
Counsel / Avocate↑ role changed$200,526.87▲ 3.7%
2013
Counsel$193,415.99▲ 0.0%
2012First
Counsel$193,388.06
8 years total$1.7M total$208,268.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Counsel
Sector
Government of Ontario – Ministries
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2020
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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