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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Jason Macfarlane

Head of Venture and Partner Services · MaRS Discovery District
Head of Venture and Partner ServicesOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$278,233.01
▲ 95.7% since 2016

Jason Macfarlane was paid $278,233.01 in total compensation as Head of Venture and Partner Services at MaRS Discovery District in 2025, 178% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Jason Macfarlane has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2016, earning $2.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $220,550.00 a year, up 96% over that span.

That is 85% above the average disclosed pay of $150,021.88 across 42 listed MaRS Discovery District employees.

$278,233.01
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.2M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$220,550.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+95.7%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$118K$162K$206K$250K$295K2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Jason Macfarlane's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $278,233.01
Lifetime total compensation$2.2M
Annual average$220,550.00
Total growth since 2016+95.7%
Biggest raise+41.9% (2017)
Biggest drop-13.5% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Head of Venture and Partner Services↑ role changed$278,233.01▲ 16.3%
2024
Vice President, Programming and Corporate Innovation$239,267.37▼ 13.5%
2023
$276,536.48▲ 19.2%
2022
Vice President, Venture Services Products↑ role changed$232,001.73▲ 5.8%
2021
Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Venture Services$219,278.02▲ 7.1%
2020
Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Venture Services$204,704.55▼ 1.6%
2019
Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Venture Services↑ role changed$208,080.21▲ 2.2%
2018
Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Cleantech Venture Services↑ role changed$203,512.47▲ 0.9%
2017
Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Cleantech Venture Services / Chef de fabrication avancée, Technologies propres↑ role changed$201,705.82▲ 41.9%
2016First
Head of Advanced Manufacturing, Cleantech Venture Services / Chef de fabrication avancée, Services enterprises des Technologies propres$142,177.16
10 years total$2.2M total$220,550.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Head of Venture and Partner Services
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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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