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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Lesley Macdonald

Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor · City Of Kitchener
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$213,623.90
▲ 37.7% since 2013

Lesley Macdonald was paid $213,623.90 in total compensation as Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor at City Of Kitchener in 2025, 114% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Lesley Macdonald has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2013, earning $2.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $184,565.00 a year, up 38% over that span.

That is 61% above the average disclosed pay of $132,307.08 across 620 listed City Of Kitchener employees.

$213,623.90
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.4M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$184,565.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+37.7%
Career growth
since 2013
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13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Lesley Macdonald's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $213,623.90
Lifetime total compensation$2.4M
Annual average$184,565.00
Total growth since 2013+37.7%
Biggest raise+8.6% (2017)
Biggest drop-0.7% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor$213,623.90▲ 4.1%
2024
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor$205,281.54▲ 4.3%
2023
$196,731.87▲ 1.6%
2022
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor$193,571.36▲ 0.2%
2021
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor$193,242.28▲ 0.7%
2020
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor$191,963.04▲ 1.5%
2019
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor$189,210.53▼ 0.7%
2018
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor↑ role changed$190,509.99▲ 5.2%
2017
Interim Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Finance and Corporate Services↑ role changed$181,010.25▲ 8.6%
2016
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor↑ role changed$166,617.51▲ 0.7%
2015
Director, Legal Services & City Solicitor↑ role changed$165,500.42▲ 5.4%
2014
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor↑ role changed$156,976.49▲ 1.2%
2013First
Director, Legal Services & City Solicitor$155,109.54
13 years total$2.4M total$184,565.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

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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