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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Catherine Shepherd

Senior Policy AdvisorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$135,844.64
▲ 22.2% since 2019

Catherine Shepherd was paid $135,844.64 in total compensation as Senior Policy Advisor at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in 2025, 36% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Catherine Shepherd has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $726K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $121,016.00 a year, up 22% over that span.

That is 4% below the average disclosed pay of $141,144.54 across 377 listed Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade employees.

$135,844.64
Latest compensation
in 2025
$726K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$121,016.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+22.2%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$107K$115K$123K$131K$139K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Catherine Shepherd's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $135,844.64
Lifetime total compensation$726K
Annual average$121,016.00
Total growth since 2019+22.2%
Biggest raise+14.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Policy Advisor$135,844.64▲ 1.9%
2024
Senior Policy Advisor$133,254.57▲ 14.0%
2022
Senior Policy Advisor$116,892.84▲ 1.1%
2021
Senior Policy Advisor$115,618.95▲ 2.0%
2020
Senior Policy Advisor$113,349.65▲ 2.0%
2019First
Senior Policy Advisor$111,136.05
6 years total$726K total$121,016.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Senior Policy Advisor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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