Cathy Risdon was paid $224,747.70 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 125% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Cathy Risdon has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $149,360.00 a year, up 64% over that span.
That is 35% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.
A career, year by year.
How Cathy Risdon's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $224,747.70 | ▲ 0.0% |
2024 | $224,747.70 | ▼ 0.3% |
2023★ Best | $225,331.86 | ▲ 0.3% |
2022 | $224,679.70 | ▲ 49.3% |
2021 | $150,533.26 | ▲ 22.5% |
2020 | $122,896.77 | ▼ 10.4% |
2019 | $137,135.02 | ▲ 5.4% |
2018 | $130,113.18 | ▲ 3.4% |
2017 | $125,790.53 | ▲ 2.8% |
2016 | $122,322.12 | ▼ 4.4% |
2015 | $127,952.05 | ▲ 5.9% |
2014 | $120,858.02 | ▲ 4.4% |
2013 | $115,766.81 | ▼ 0.2% |
2012 | $115,956.71 | ▼ 0.4% |
2011 | $116,444.29 | ▼ 0.0% |
2010 | $116,454.79 | ▼ 15.2% |
2009First | $137,387.19 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.5M total | $149,360.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
Data source
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