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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Sarah Farooq

Senior Manager Strategy and Engagement Communications / Gestionnaire principal, stratégie et communications sur l’engagement · Metrolinx
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$173,825.07
▲ 48.9% since 2020

Sarah Farooq was paid $173,825.07 in total compensation as Senior Manager Strategy and Engagement Communications / Gestionnaire principal, stratégie et communications sur l’engagement at Metrolinx in 2025, 74% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sarah Farooq has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2020, earning $722K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $144,424.00 a year, up 49% over that span.

That is 25% above the average disclosed pay of $138,712.41 across 4,713 listed Metrolinx employees.

$173,825.07
Latest compensation
in 2025
$722K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$144,424.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+48.9%
Career growth
since 2020
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5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$106K$125K$144K$162K$181K20202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Sarah Farooq's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $173,825.07
Lifetime total compensation$722K
Annual average$144,424.00
Total growth since 2020+48.9%
Biggest raise+22.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Manager Strategy and Engagement Communications / Gestionnaire principal, stratégie et communications sur l’engagement$173,825.07▲ 2.9%
2024
Senior Manager Strategy and Engagement Communications / Gestionnaire principal, stratégie et communications sur l’engagement↑ role changed$168,849.07▲ 22.0%
2022
Manager and Senior Advisor to the Chief Communications Officer / Gestionnaire et conseiller principal du chef des communications↑ role changed$138,353.25▲ 11.3%
2021
Manager and Senior Advisor to the Chief Communications Officer/Gestionnaire et conseiller principal du chef des communications↑ role changed$124,326.56▲ 6.5%
2020First
Senior Advisor to the Chief Planning Officer/Conseillère principale de la chef de la planification$116,768.10
5 years total$722K total$144,424.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Manager Strategy and Engagement Communications / Gestionnaire principal, stratégie et communications sur l’engagement
Employer
Metrolinx
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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