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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Lyn Turkstra

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$228,491.42
▲ 45.2% since 2017

Lyn Turkstra was paid $228,491.42 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 128% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Lyn Turkstra has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $185,229.00 a year, up 45% over that span.

That is 38% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$228,491.42
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$185,229.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+45.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$144K$168K$191K$214K$237K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $228,491.42
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$185,229.00
Total growth since 2017+45.2%
Biggest raise+12.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor$228,491.42▲ 12.1%
2024
Professor$203,840.26▲ 3.6%
2023
$196,701.03▲ 5.6%
2022
Professor$186,225.70▲ 2.2%
2021
Professor$182,181.77▲ 2.9%
2020
Professor$177,109.59▲ 3.5%
2019
Professor$171,066.84▲ 4.2%
2018
Professor$164,134.55▲ 4.3%
2017First
Professor$157,309.51
9 years total$1.7M total$185,229.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Professor
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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