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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Colin Mcdonald

Associate Professor / Director · McMaster University
Associate Professor / DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$184,136.89
▲ 77.5% since 2017

Colin Mcdonald was paid $184,136.89 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Director at McMaster University in 2025, 84% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Colin Mcdonald has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $143,012.00 a year, up 77% over that span.

That is 11% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$184,136.89
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$143,012.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+77.5%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$115K$142K$168K$194K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Colin Mcdonald's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $184,136.89
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$143,012.00
Total growth since 2017+77.5%
Biggest raise+12.3% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Director$184,136.89▲ 9.2%
2024
Associate Professor / Director$168,652.64▲ 4.2%
2023
$161,886.86▲ 8.3%
2022
Associate Chair / Associate Professor / Director↑ role changed$149,428.16▲ 5.6%
2021
Assistant Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$141,441.65▲ 4.9%
2020
Assistant Professor / Program Director / Associate Chair$134,847.35▲ 6.6%
2019
Assistant Professor / Program Director / Associate Chair↑ role changed$126,492.13▲ 8.6%
2018
Assistant Professor/Director↑ role changed$116,470.69▲ 12.3%
2017First
Assistant Professor / Director$103,750.46
9 years total$1.3M total$143,012.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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