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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Heather Buckingham

Social Worker · Hamilton Health Sciences
Social WorkerOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$114,263.07
▲ 13.6% since 2021

Heather Buckingham was paid $114,263.07 in total compensation as Social Worker at Hamilton Health Sciences in 2025, 14% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Heather Buckingham has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2021, earning $445K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $111,276.00 a year, up 14% over that span.

That is 9% below the average disclosed pay of $125,620.43 across 3,553 listed Hamilton Health Sciences employees.

$114,263.07
Latest compensation
in 2025
$445K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$111,276.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+13.6%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$97K$102K$108K$113K$119K2021202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Heather Buckingham's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $116,368.02
Lifetime total compensation$445K
Annual average$111,276.00
Total growth since 2021+13.6%
Biggest raise+13.2% (2023)
Biggest drop-1.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Social Worker$114,263.07▼ 1.8%
2024★ Best
Social Worker$116,368.02▲ 2.2%
2023
$113,861.35▲ 13.2%
2021First
Social Worker$100,611.15
4 years total$445K total$111,276.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Social Worker
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2021
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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