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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Chelsea Gibson

Senior Legal Counsel · McMaster University
Senior Legal CounselOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$158,778.82
▲ 47.0% since 2018

Chelsea Gibson was paid $158,778.82 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel at McMaster University in 2025, 59% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Chelsea Gibson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2018, earning $801K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $133,539.00 a year, up 47% over that span.

That is 4% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$158,778.82
Latest compensation
in 2025
$801K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$133,539.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+47.0%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$99K$115K$132K$148K$165K201820212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $158,778.82
Lifetime total compensation$801K
Annual average$133,539.00
Total growth since 2018+47.0%
Biggest raise+9.6% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel↑ role changed$158,778.82▲ 7.0%
2024
Legal Counsel$148,450.06▲ 6.8%
2023
$139,039.44▲ 7.7%
2022
Senior Human Rights Officer$129,104.60▲ 9.6%
2021
Senior Human Rights Officer$117,849.68▲ 9.1%
2018First
Senior Human Rights Officer$108,013.69
6 years total$801K total$133,539.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
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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