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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 3 years

Patrick J Cotter

General Counsel · Durham District School Board
General CounselOntarioFirst listed 2020
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$205,999.82
▲ 2.3% since 2020

Patrick J Cotter was paid $205,999.82 in total compensation as General Counsel at Durham District School Board in 2022, 106% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Patrick J Cotter has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2020, earning $606K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $201,872.00 a year, up 2% over that span.

That is 73% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$205,999.82
Latest compensation
in 2022
$606K
Total compensation
across 3 years
$201,872.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+2.3%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$195K$198K$201K$205K$208K202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Patrick J Cotter's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $205,999.82
Lifetime total compensation$606K
Annual average$201,872.00
Total growth since 2020+2.3%
Biggest raise+4.0% (2022)
Biggest drop-1.6% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest★ Best
General Counsel$205,999.82▲ 4.0%
2021
General Counsel$198,153.89▼ 1.6%
2020First
General Counsel$201,461.58
3 years total$606K total$201,872.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
General Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
3

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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