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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 14 years

Christopher Byers

Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal · Ontario Securities Commission
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$223,100.53
▲ 57.5% since 2009

Christopher Byers was paid $223,100.53 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal at Ontario Securities Commission in 2025, 123% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Byers has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2009, earning $2.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $179,945.00 a year, up 58% over that span.

That is 20% above the average disclosed pay of $185,266.30 across 528 listed Ontario Securities Commission employees.

$223,100.53
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.5M
Total compensation
across 14 years
$179,945.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+57.5%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

14 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$117K$148K$178K$209K$239K20092010201220132014201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $227,862.91
Lifetime total compensation$2.5M
Annual average$179,945.00
Total growth since 2009+57.5%
Biggest raise+19.8% (2012)
Biggest drop-5.4% (2010)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

14 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$223,100.53▼ 2.1%
2024★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$227,862.91▲ 14.1%
2022
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$199,679.85▲ 2.4%
2021
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$194,951.71▼ 0.5%
2020
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$195,866.39▲ 7.4%
2019
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$182,356.61▲ 0.6%
2018
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal↑ role changed$181,334.23▲ 1.8%
2016
Senior Legal Counsel principal↑ role changed$178,201.55▲ 4.8%
2015
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal$170,003.79▲ 3.6%
2014
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal↑ role changed$164,125.27▼ 0.9%
2013
Senior Legal Counsel$165,657.61▲ 3.2%
2012
Senior Legal Counsel↑ role changed$160,472.25▲ 19.8%
2010
Legal Counsel 2, Market Regulation$134,002.65▼ 5.4%
2009First
Legal Counsel 2, Market Regulation$141,610.62
14 years total$2.5M total$179,945.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocat principal
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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