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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 16 years

Michael Cooke

Director Environment Health and Safety · Ontario Power Generation
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$248,512.12
▲ 85.5% since 2010

Michael Cooke was paid $248,512.12 in total compensation as Director Environment Health and Safety at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 149% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Cooke has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $176,636.00 a year, up 86% over that span.

That is 46% above the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.

$248,512.12
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.8M
Total compensation
across 16 years
$176,636.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+85.5%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

16 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$113K$151K$188K$225K$262K2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael Cooke's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $248,512.12
Lifetime total compensation$2.8M
Annual average$176,636.00
Total growth since 2010+85.5%
Biggest raise+12.2% (2019)
Biggest drop-3.1% (2012)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

16 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Director Environment Health and Safety$248,512.12▲ 8.3%
2024
Director Environment Health and Safety$229,528.81▲ 0.4%
2023
$228,580.44▲ 5.9%
2022
Director Environment Health and Safety↑ role changed$215,913.10▲ 3.7%
2021
Director Reliability Compliance$208,110.01▲ 2.6%
2020
Director Reliability Compliance$202,791.21▲ 9.4%
2019
Director Reliability Compliance$185,361.74▲ 12.2%
2018
Director Reliability Compliance↑ role changed$165,257.31▲ 6.8%
2017
Plant Technical Support Manager$154,733.60▲ 10.4%
2016
Plant Technical Support Manager$140,200.66▼ 2.4%
2015
Plant Technical Support Manager↑ role changed$143,703.78▼ 0.4%
2014
Senior Engineer / Scientist - Specialist↑ role changed$144,328.71▼ 0.1%
2013
Senior Engineer/Scientist - Specialist↑ role changed$144,464.47▲ 4.6%
2012
Senior Engineer/Scientist, Specialist$138,141.50▼ 3.1%
2011
Senior Engineer/Scientist, Specialist$142,597.76▲ 6.5%
2010First
Senior Engineer/Scientist, Specialist$133,950.08
16 years total$2.8M total$176,636.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director Environment Health and Safety
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
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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