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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Risa Macdonald

Senior Communications Advisor · Ontario Power Generation
Senior Communications AdvisorOntarioFirst listed 2011
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$174,659.65
▲ 66.7% since 2011

Risa Macdonald was paid $174,659.65 in total compensation as Senior Communications Advisor at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 75% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Risa Macdonald has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2011, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,963.00 a year, up 67% over that span.

That is 3% above the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.

$174,659.65
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$132,963.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+66.7%
Career growth
since 2011
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$92K$115K$137K$160K$183K2011201220132014201520162017201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Risa Macdonald's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $174,659.65
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$132,963.00
Total growth since 2011+66.7%
Biggest raise+26.0% (2019)
Biggest drop-20.4% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Communications Advisor$174,659.65▲ 4.8%
2024
Senior Communications Advisor$166,727.02▲ 1.8%
2023
$163,799.35▲ 12.0%
2022
Senior Communications Advisor$146,269.07▼ 11.6%
2021
Senior Communications Advisor$165,457.09▲ 23.9%
2019
Senior Communications Advisor$133,587.56▲ 26.0%
2017
Senior Communications Advisor$106,045.46▼ 20.4%
2016
Senior Communications Advisor$133,234.03▲ 18.9%
2015
Senior Communications Advisor$112,024.58▲ 1.5%
2014
Senior Communications Advisor$110,315.67▲ 2.8%
2013
Senior Communications Advisor$107,307.09▲ 2.8%
2012
Senior Communications Advisor↑ role changed$104,351.08▼ 0.4%
2011First
Senior Planner/Community Studies$104,744.19
13 years total$1.7M total$132,963.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Communications Advisor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

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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