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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Vijay Thanigasalam

Associate Minister, Mental Health and Addictions / Ministre associé, Santé mentale et dépendances · Legislative Assembly
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$180,241.21
▲ 38.8% since 2019

Vijay Thanigasalam was paid $180,241.21 in total compensation as Associate Minister, Mental Health and Addictions / Ministre associé, Santé mentale et dépendances at Legislative Assembly in 2025, 80% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Vijay Thanigasalam has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $850K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $141,628.00 a year, up 39% over that span.

That is 19% above the average disclosed pay of $150,865.49 across 327 listed Legislative Assembly employees.

$180,241.21
Latest compensation
in 2025
$850K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$141,628.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+38.8%
Career growth
since 2019
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6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$121K$137K$154K$170K$186K201920202021202220242025
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $180,241.21
Lifetime total compensation$850K
Annual average$141,628.00
Total growth since 2019+38.8%
Biggest raise+29.3% (2025)
Biggest drop-0.0% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Minister, Mental Health and Addictions / Ministre associé, Santé mentale et dépendances↑ role changed$180,241.21▲ 29.3%
2024
Associate Minister, Housing / Ministre associé, Logement↑ role changed$139,402.15▲ 4.5%
2022
Parliamentary Assistant, Infrastructure / Adjoint parlementaire au ministre de l'Infrastructure↑ role changed$133,407.36▼ 0.0%
2021
Parliamentary Assistant, Transportation / Adjoint parlementaire, Transports$133,420.74▼ 0.0%
2020
Parliamentary Assistant, Transportation / Adjoint parlementaire, Transports$133,432.56▲ 2.7%
2019First
Parliamentary Assistant, Transportation / Adjoint parlementaire, Transports$129,861.60
6 years total$850K total$141,628.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Minister, Mental Health and Addictions / Ministre associé, Santé mentale et dépendances
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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