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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Jonathan Burnside

Councillor · City Of Toronto
CouncillorOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$177,073.29
▲ 65.6% since 2021

Jonathan Burnside was paid $177,073.29 in total compensation as Councillor at City Of Toronto in 2025, 77% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Jonathan Burnside has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2021, earning $660K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $131,978.00 a year, up 66% over that span.

That is 31% above the average disclosed pay of $135,219.40 across 13,079 listed City Of Toronto employees.

$177,073.29
Latest compensation
in 2025
$660K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$131,978.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+65.6%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$117K$140K$163K$185K20212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Jonathan Burnside's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $177,073.29
Lifetime total compensation$660K
Annual average$131,978.00
Total growth since 2021+65.6%
Biggest raise+31.6% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Councillor$177,073.29▲ 31.6%
2024
Councillor$134,532.44▲ 4.2%
2023
$129,147.68▲ 15.1%
2022
Manager Strategic Initiatives$112,203.80▲ 4.9%
2021First
Manager Strategic Initiatives$106,934.40
5 years total$660K total$131,978.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Councillor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2021
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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