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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 7 years

Craig Brown

Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division · Natural Resources and Forestry
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$220,312.18
▲ 56.4% since 2014

Craig Brown was paid $220,312.18 in total compensation as Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division at Natural Resources and Forestry in 2024, 120% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Craig Brown has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2014, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $178,735.00 a year, up 56% over that span.

That is 84% above the average disclosed pay of $119,644.02 across 1,162 listed Natural Resources and Forestry employees.

$220,312.18
Latest compensation
in 2024
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$178,735.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+56.4%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$127K$152K$178K$204K$230K2014201620182019202020212024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Craig Brown's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $220,312.18
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$178,735.00
Total growth since 2014+56.4%
Biggest raise+14.2% (2018)
Biggest drop-2.9% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest★ Best
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division$220,312.18▲ 12.6%
2021
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division$195,584.87▼ 2.9%
2020
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division$201,439.00▲ 10.8%
2019
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division$181,848.22▲ 9.6%
2018
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division↑ role changed$165,885.87▲ 14.2%
2016
Director, Strategic and Aboriginal Policy Branch / Directeur, direction des politiques relatives aux stratégies et aux affaires autochtones↑ role changed$145,234.16▲ 3.1%
2014First
Director, Policy Planning Coordination Branch / Directeur, Direction de la planification et de la coordination des politiques$140,839.31
7 years total$1.3M total$178,735.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2024
Years on list
7

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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