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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Clifton Van Der Linden

Associate Professor / Director · McMaster University
Associate Professor / DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$176,580.04
▲ 55.6% since 2019

Clifton Van Der Linden was paid $176,580.04 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Director at McMaster University in 2025, 77% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Clifton Van Der Linden has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $998K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $142,641.00 a year, up 56% over that span.

That is 6% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$176,580.04
Latest compensation
in 2025
$998K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$142,641.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+55.6%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$102K$123K$143K$164K$184K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Clifton Van Der Linden's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $176,580.04
Lifetime total compensation$998K
Annual average$142,641.00
Total growth since 2019+55.6%
Biggest raise+11.6% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Director$176,580.04▲ 9.1%
2024
Associate Professor / Director$161,901.42▲ 5.9%
2023
$152,912.14▲ 6.9%
2022
Assistant Professor / Director↑ role changed$143,013.22▲ 8.2%
2021
Assistant Professor$132,140.62▲ 11.6%
2020
Assistant Professor$118,447.86▲ 4.4%
2019First
Assistant Professor$113,490.36
7 years total$998K total$142,641.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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