Canada · Public Sector Salary DisclosureEdition 2025
RG
On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Robert Gates

Senior Policy Advisor · Finance
Senior Policy AdvisorOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$135,537.27
▲ 23.3% since 2018

Robert Gates was paid $135,537.27 in total compensation as Senior Policy Advisor at Finance in 2025, 36% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Robert Gates has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2018, earning $606K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $121,236.00 a year, up 23% over that span.

That is 1% below the average disclosed pay of $136,822.36 across 656 listed Finance employees.

$135,537.27
Latest compensation
in 2025
$606K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$121,236.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+23.3%
Career growth
since 2018
SHARE

Share this record

Download a card to post or send.

FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$105K$114K$122K$130K$139K20182019202020242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $135,537.27
Lifetime total compensation$606K
Annual average$121,236.00
Total growth since 2018+23.3%
Biggest raise+15.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-2.3% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Policy Advisor$135,537.27▲ 3.2%
2024
Senior Policy Advisor↑ role changed$131,345.73▲ 15.9%
2020
Senior Legislative Design Specialist$113,349.65▼ 2.3%
2019
Senior Legislative Design Specialist$115,990.37▲ 5.5%
2018First
Senior Legislative Design Specialist$109,955.68
5 years total$606K total$121,236.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Senior Policy Advisor
Employer
Finance
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
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.

Name removal

This data comes from official government disclosures. For removal requests, contact the Ontario government directly.

Request removal →