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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Christopher Balen

Mechanical Technician/Technologist · Ontario Power Generation
Mechanical Technician/TechnologistOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$164,112.90
▲ 29.2% since 2017

Christopher Balen was paid $164,112.90 in total compensation as Mechanical Technician/Technologist at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 64% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Balen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $150,610.00 a year, up 29% over that span.

That is 4% below the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.

$164,112.90
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$150,610.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+29.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$116K$136K$156K$175K$195K20172019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Balen's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $187,929.35
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$150,610.00
Total growth since 2017+29.2%
Biggest raise+41.6% (2023)
Biggest drop-15.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Mechanical Technician/Technologist$164,112.90▲ 2.8%
2024
Mechanical Technician/Technologist$159,659.95▼ 15.0%
2023★ Best
$187,929.35▲ 41.6%
2022
Mechanical Technician/Technologist$132,722.61▼ 3.5%
2021
Mechanical Technician/Technologist$137,518.02▼ 14.4%
2020
Mechanical Technician/Technologist↑ role changed$160,624.00▲ 18.7%
2019
Mechanical Technician$135,287.13▲ 6.5%
2017First
Mechanical Technician$127,022.42
8 years total$1.2M total$150,610.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Mechanical Technician/Technologist
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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