Nick Bontis was paid $272,260.67 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Area Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 172% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Nick Bontis has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $3.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $207,408.00 a year, up 78% over that span.
That is 64% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Nick Bontis's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $272,260.67 | ▲ 1.3% |
2024 | $268,740.13 | ▲ 8.4% |
2023 | $247,932.12 | ▲ 4.0% |
2022 | $238,300.11 | ▲ 3.1% |
2021 | $231,161.78 | ▼ 0.9% |
2020 | $233,207.93 | ▲ 3.0% |
2019 | $226,466.59 | ▲ 5.5% |
2018 | $214,721.06 | ▼ 4.8% |
2017 | $225,602.23 | ▲ 6.1% |
2016 | $212,640.40 | ▲ 12.3% |
2015 | $189,290.56 | ▲ 6.7% |
2014 | $177,417.11 | ▲ 10.0% |
2013 | $161,220.88 | ▲ 3.3% |
2012 | $156,017.99 | ▼ 1.9% |
2011 | $159,017.71 | ▼ 0.2% |
2010 | $159,259.90 | ▲ 4.3% |
2009First | $152,685.67 | — |
| 17 years total | $3.5M total | $207,408.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor / Area Chair
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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