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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 16 years

Karla Avis-Birch

Chief Planning Officer / Chef de la planification · Metrolinx
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$102,636.10
▼ 0.8% since 2009

Karla Avis-Birch was paid $102,636.10 in total compensation as Chief Planning Officer / Chef de la planification at Metrolinx in 2025, 3% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karla Avis-Birch has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2009, earning $2.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $171,301.00 a year, down 1% over that span.

That is 26% below the average disclosed pay of $138,712.41 across 4,713 listed Metrolinx employees.

$102,636.10
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.7M
Total compensation
across 16 years
$171,301.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-0.8%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

16 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$52K$144K$236K$327K$419K2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karla Avis-Birch's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $385,412.18
Lifetime total compensation$2.7M
Annual average$171,301.00
Total growth since 2009-0.8%
Biggest raise+44.1% (2021)
Biggest drop-73.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

16 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Chief Planning Officer / Chef de la planification$102,636.10▼ 73.4%
2024★ Best
Chief Planning Officer / Chef de la planification$385,412.18▲ 29.1%
2022
Chief Planning Officer / Chef de la planification↑ role changed$298,515.01▲ 14.8%
2021
Chief Planning Officer/Chef de la planification$260,058.15▲ 44.1%
2020
Chief Planning Officer/Chef de la planification↑ role changed$180,433.82▲ 0.6%
2019
Vice President, Stations Capital Delivery/Vice-pr�sidente, Ex�cution des projets d�immobilisation des gares↑ role changed$179,320.30▲ 4.8%
2018
Vice President, Regional Express Rail New Stations and Office Corridor/Vice-présidente, Service régional express, Nouvelles gares et nouveaux bureaux dans le corridor↑ role changed$171,094.87▲ 15.3%
2017
Director, Corridor Infrastructure Office Corridor/Directrice, Infrastructure de corridor Hors corridor↑ role changed$148,434.52▲ 2.1%
2016
Director, Corridor Infrastructure - Stouffville / Directrice, Infrastructure de corridor – Stouffville↑ role changed$145,399.75▲ 1.6%
2015
Director, Corridor Infrastructure - Stouffville / Directeur, Infrastructure de corridor - Stouffville↑ role changed$143,094.07▲ 5.7%
2014
Director, Program Management and Standards / Directrice, Gestion de programme et normes↑ role changed$135,392.09▲ 5.9%
2013
Chief, Project Management Programs & Systems$127,830.55▼ 2.1%
2012
Chief, Project Management Programs & Systems↑ role changed$130,534.76▲ 8.7%
2011
Chief, Project Management Programs & Systems / Chef, Programmes et systèmes de gestion de projet↑ role changed$120,094.03▲ 10.1%
2010
Chief, Project Management Programs & Systems↑ role changed$109,120.64▲ 5.5%
2009First
Manager, Controls and Standards$103,439.01
16 years total$2.7M total$171,301.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Chief Planning Officer / Chef de la planification
Employer
Metrolinx
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
16

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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