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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Samantha Lawson

Chief Administrative Officer · Grand River Conservation Authority
Chief Administrative OfficerOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$234,232.84
▲ 130.1% since 2013

Samantha Lawson was paid $234,232.84 in total compensation as Chief Administrative Officer at Grand River Conservation Authority in 2025, 134% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Samantha Lawson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2013, earning $2.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $155,720.00 a year, up 130% over that span.

That is 79% above the average disclosed pay of $130,719.09 across 44 listed Grand River Conservation Authority employees.

$234,232.84
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.0M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$155,720.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+130.1%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

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FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $234,232.84
Lifetime total compensation$2.0M
Annual average$155,720.00
Total growth since 2013+130.1%
Biggest raise+16.3% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Chief Administrative Officer$234,232.84▲ 11.4%
2024
Chief Administrative Officer$210,342.97▲ 5.4%
2023
$199,592.71▲ 6.4%
2022
Chief Administrative Officer$187,617.75▲ 5.9%
2021
Chief Administrative Officer$177,129.29▲ 3.5%
2020
Chief Administrative Officer$171,155.47▲ 16.3%
2019
Chief Administrative Officer↑ role changed$147,178.74▲ 16.1%
2018
Manager, Property$126,769.27▲ 1.9%
2017
Manager, Property$124,419.90▲ 3.8%
2016
Manager, Property$119,820.02▲ 5.8%
2015
Manager, Property$113,277.00▲ 2.0%
2014
Manager, Property$111,040.78▲ 9.1%
2013First
Manager, Property$101,785.00
13 years total$2.0M total$155,720.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Chief Administrative Officer
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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