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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 14 years

Barbara Finlay

Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe · Ombudsman Ontario
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$340,275.92
▲ 97.2% since 2009

Barbara Finlay was paid $340,275.92 in total compensation as Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe at Ombudsman Ontario in 2025, 240% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Barbara Finlay has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2009, earning $3.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $226,902.00 a year, up 97% over that span.

That is 152% above the average disclosed pay of $135,003.45 across 122 listed Ombudsman Ontario employees.

$340,275.92
Latest compensation
in 2025
$3.2M
Total compensation
across 14 years
$226,902.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+97.2%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

14 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$142K$197K$251K$306K$360K20092010201220132014201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Barbara Finlay's total compensation has moved across 14 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $340,275.92
Lifetime total compensation$3.2M
Annual average$226,902.00
Total growth since 2009+97.2%
Biggest raise+21.1% (2020)
Biggest drop-2.8% (2012)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

14 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$340,275.92▲ 8.5%
2024
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$313,757.84▲ 13.0%
2022
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$277,740.38▲ 8.9%
2021
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$254,997.72▲ 0.1%
2020
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$254,727.54▲ 21.1%
2019
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$210,361.63▲ 0.3%
2018
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe$209,668.44▲ 6.7%
2016
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe↑ role changed$196,453.74▲ 1.2%
2015
Ombudsman Intérimaire/Acting Ombudsman↑ role changed$194,152.40▲ 2.1%
2014
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe↑ role changed$190,126.65▲ 3.9%
2013
Deputy Ombudsman$183,068.35▼ 1.9%
2012
Deputy Ombudsman↑ role changed$186,693.84▼ 2.8%
2010
Deputy Ombudsman/Director, Operations$192,078.82▲ 11.3%
2009First
Deputy Ombudsman/Director, Operations$172,530.11
14 years total$3.2M total$226,902.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Deputy Ombudsman / Ombudsman adjointe
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
14

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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