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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 12 years

Shona Compton

Judicial Research Lawyer · Attorney General
Judicial Research LawyerOntarioFirst listed 2012
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$162,712.83
▼ 17.4% since 2012

Shona Compton was paid $162,712.83 in total compensation as Judicial Research Lawyer at Attorney General in 2025, 63% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Shona Compton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2012, earning $2.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $197,581.00 a year, down 17% over that span.

That is 24% below the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$162,712.83
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.4M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$197,581.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-17.4%
Career growth
since 2012
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$151K$172K$193K$214K$235K201220132014201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Shona Compton's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $227,657.29
Lifetime total compensation$2.4M
Annual average$197,581.00
Total growth since 2012-17.4%
Biggest raise+10.5% (2024)
Biggest drop-16.1% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Judicial Research Lawyer$162,712.83▼ 11.9%
2024
Judicial Research Lawyer$184,774.81▲ 10.5%
2022
Judicial Research Lawyer$167,235.97▼ 11.8%
2021
Judicial Research Lawyer$189,591.05▼ 16.1%
2020
Judicial Research Lawyer$225,988.70▼ 0.7%
2019★ Best
Judicial Research Lawyer$227,657.29▲ 9.1%
2018
Judicial Research Lawyer↑ role changed$208,723.78▲ 1.4%
2016
Counsel↑ role changed$205,911.52▼ 0.7%
2015
Counsel / Avocate$207,414.37▲ 3.4%
2014
Counsel / Avocate↑ role changed$200,526.87▲ 3.7%
2013
Counsel$193,415.99▼ 1.8%
2012First
Counsel$197,012.90
12 years total$2.4M total$197,581.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Judicial Research Lawyer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
12

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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