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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 10 years

Patrick Deane

President and Vice-Chancellor · McMaster University
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$241,747.86
▲ 33.8% since 2010

Patrick Deane was paid $241,747.86 in total compensation as President and Vice-Chancellor at McMaster University in 2019, 142% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Patrick Deane has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2010, earning $3.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $367,568.00 a year, up 34% over that span.

That is 46% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$241,747.86
Latest compensation
in 2019
$3.7M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$367,568.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+33.8%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$139K$215K$290K$366K$442K2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Patrick Deane's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2014 · $414,137.01
Lifetime total compensation$3.7M
Annual average$367,568.00
Total growth since 2010+33.8%
Biggest raise+124.5% (2011)
Biggest drop-39.6% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest
President and Vice-Chancellor$241,747.86▼ 39.6%
2018
President and Vice-Chancellor$400,424.86▲ 0.6%
2017
President and Vice-Chancellor↑ role changed$397,901.68▼ 0.6%
2016
President And Vice-Chancellor↑ role changed$400,451.83▼ 3.2%
2015
President and Vice-Chancellor$413,774.29▼ 0.1%
2014★ Best
President and Vice-Chancellor$414,137.01▲ 0.9%
2013
President and Vice-Chancellor↑ role changed$410,286.96▼ 0.0%
2012
President & Vice–Chancellor↑ role changed$410,486.96▲ 1.2%
2011
President & Vice-Chancellor$405,762.04▲ 124.5%
2010First
President & Vice-Chancellor$180,705.13
10 years total$3.7M total$367,568.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
President and Vice-Chancellor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2019
Years on list
10

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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