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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Carolyn Brendon

OmbudsOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$138,328.44
▲ 20.2% since 2020

Carolyn Brendon was paid $138,328.44 in total compensation as Ombuds at McMaster University in 2025, 38% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Carolyn Brendon has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $767K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $127,780.00 a year, up 20% over that span.

That is 17% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$138,328.44
Latest compensation
in 2025
$767K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$127,780.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+20.2%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$111K$118K$126K$134K$141K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $138,328.44
Lifetime total compensation$767K
Annual average$127,780.00
Total growth since 2020+20.2%
Biggest raise+6.8% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Ombuds$138,328.44▲ 3.1%
2024
Ombuds$134,177.92▲ 3.1%
2023
$130,082.45▲ 3.1%
2022
Ombuds↑ role changed$126,144.69▲ 2.6%
2021
Ombudsman$122,897.76▲ 6.8%
2020First
Ombudsman$115,049.37
6 years total$767K total$127,780.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Ombuds
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
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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