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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Dennis Tavares

Associate Controller / Educational Instructor · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$174,684.35
▲ 58.9% since 2018

Dennis Tavares was paid $174,684.35 in total compensation as Associate Controller / Educational Instructor at McMaster University in 2025, 75% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Dennis Tavares has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,814.00 a year, up 59% over that span.

That is 5% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$174,684.35
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$132,814.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+58.9%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$119K$140K$161K$182K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Dennis Tavares's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $174,684.35
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$132,814.00
Total growth since 2018+58.9%
Biggest raise+16.0% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Controller / Educational Instructor↑ role changed$174,684.35▲ 16.0%
2024
Director Of Finance / Educational Instructor$150,572.07▲ 9.0%
2023
$138,129.26▲ 5.8%
2022
Educational Instructor / Senior Manager, Project Reporting↑ role changed$130,571.59▲ 3.0%
2021
Senior Manager, Project Reporting / Educational Instructor↑ role changed$126,817.26▲ 7.2%
2020
Senior Accountant / Educational Instructor$118,318.49▲ 4.2%
2019
Senior Accountant / Educational Instructor↑ role changed$113,515.26▲ 3.3%
2018First
Senior Accountant/ Educational Instructor$109,902.41
8 years total$1.1M total$132,814.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Controller / Educational Instructor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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