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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 9 years

Christopher Berzins

Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal · Ontario Securities Commission
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$205,783.28
▲ 11.0% since 2009

Christopher Berzins was paid $205,783.28 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal at Ontario Securities Commission in 2019, 106% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Berzins has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $198,967.00 a year, up 11% over that span.

That is 11% above the average disclosed pay of $185,266.30 across 528 listed Ontario Securities Commission employees.

$205,783.28
Latest compensation
in 2019
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$198,967.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+11.0%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$175K$185K$194K$204K$213K200920102012201320142015201620182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Berzins's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2018 · $209,575.13
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$198,967.00
Total growth since 2009+11.0%
Biggest raise+7.0% (2012)
Biggest drop-2.7% (2010)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$205,783.28▼ 1.8%
2018★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal↑ role changed$209,575.13▲ 1.8%
2016
Senior Legal Counsel principal↑ role changed$205,801.15▼ 0.8%
2015
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$207,506.10▲ 2.5%
2014
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal↑ role changed$202,516.67▲ 0.8%
2013
Senior Legal Counsel$200,990.97▲ 4.2%
2012
Senior Legal Counsel↑ role changed$192,848.05▲ 7.0%
2010
Senior Legal Counsel, General Counsel's Office$180,300.44▼ 2.7%
2009First
Senior Legal Counsel, General Counsel's Office$185,378.87
9 years total$1.8M total$198,967.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal
Sector
Crown Agencies
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2019
Years on list
9

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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