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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Sheila Ritson-Bennett

Legal Counsel · Attorney General
Legal CounselOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$294,470.16
▲ 173.5% since 2013

Sheila Ritson-Bennett was paid $294,470.16 in total compensation as Legal Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 194% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sheila Ritson-Bennett has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2013, earning $959K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $159,773.00 a year, up 174% over that span.

That is 38% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$294,470.16
Latest compensation
in 2025
$959K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$159,773.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+173.5%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$71K$133K$194K$256K$317K201320152016201820242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Sheila Ritson-Bennett's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $294,470.16
Lifetime total compensation$959K
Annual average$159,773.00
Total growth since 2013+173.5%
Biggest raise+95.7% (2024)
Biggest drop-17.7% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Legal Counsel$294,470.16▲ 42.9%
2024
Legal Counsel↑ role changed$206,008.17▲ 95.7%
2018
Counsel$105,266.25▼ 17.7%
2016
Counsel↑ role changed$127,914.86▲ 9.0%
2015
Counsel / Avocate↑ role changed$117,326.31▲ 9.0%
2013First
Counsel$107,652.43
6 years total$959K total$159,773.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Legal Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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