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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

William Cookson

Counsel · Attorney General
CounselOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$252,637.44
▲ 129.5% since 2021

William Cookson was paid $252,637.44 in total compensation as Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 153% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

William Cookson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2021, earning $713K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $178,199.00 a year, up 130% over that span.

That is 19% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$252,637.44
Latest compensation
in 2025
$713K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$178,199.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+129.5%
Career growth
since 2021
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4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$84K$131K$177K$223K$270K2021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $252,637.44
Lifetime total compensation$713K
Annual average$178,199.00
Total growth since 2021+129.5%
Biggest raise+53.2% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Counsel$252,637.44▲ 39.2%
2024
Counsel$181,540.96▲ 7.7%
2022
Counsel$168,557.33▲ 53.2%
2021First
Counsel$110,059.95
4 years total$713K total$178,199.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
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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