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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Stephen Gadsden

Professor / Associate Chair · McMaster University
Professor / Associate ChairOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$195,416.12
▲ 28.0% since 2022

Stephen Gadsden was paid $195,416.12 in total compensation as Professor / Associate Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 95% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Stephen Gadsden has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $717K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $179,240.00 a year, up 28% over that span.

That is 18% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$195,416.12
Latest compensation
in 2025
$717K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$179,240.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+28.0%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$143K$161K$178K$196K$214K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Stephen Gadsden's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $207,135.95
Lifetime total compensation$717K
Annual average$179,240.00
Total growth since 2022+28.0%
Biggest raise+28.1% (2024)
Biggest drop-5.7% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$195,416.12▼ 5.7%
2024★ Best
Associate Chair / Associate Professor$207,135.95▲ 28.1%
2023
$161,758.30▲ 6.0%
2022First
Associate Professor$152,648.58
4 years total$717K total$179,240.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Professor / Associate Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2022
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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