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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Bernice Downey

Associate Professor · McMaster University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$109,565.41
▲ 2.5% since 2018

Bernice Downey was paid $109,565.41 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 10% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Bernice Downey has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $175,617.00 a year, up 2% over that span.

That is 34% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$109,565.41
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$175,617.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+2.5%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$85K$124K$164K$203K$242K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Bernice Downey's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $227,591.16
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$175,617.00
Total growth since 2018+2.5%
Biggest raise+40.0% (2019)
Biggest drop-51.9% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Professor$109,565.41▼ 51.9%
2024★ Best
Associate Professor$227,591.16▲ 3.3%
2023
$220,313.50▲ 3.3%
2022
Assistant Professor$213,215.53▼ 0.4%
2021
Assistant Professor↑ role changed$214,075.17▲ 30.9%
2020
Assistant Professor / Director$163,575.84▲ 9.3%
2019
Assistant Professor / Director↑ role changed$149,694.07▲ 40.0%
2018First
Assistant Professor$106,906.22
8 years total$1.4M total$175,617.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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