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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Colin Yao

Senior Investigation Counsel / Avocate principale, enquête · Ontario Securities Commission
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$187,665.37
▲ 66.1% since 2016

Colin Yao was paid $187,665.37 in total compensation as Senior Investigation Counsel / Avocate principale, enquête at Ontario Securities Commission in 2025, 88% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Colin Yao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2016, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $154,635.00 a year, up 66% over that span.

That is 1% above the average disclosed pay of $185,266.30 across 528 listed Ontario Securities Commission employees.

$187,665.37
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$154,635.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+66.1%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$99K$124K$150K$175K$200K20162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $191,117.48
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$154,635.00
Total growth since 2016+66.1%
Biggest raise+27.2% (2018)
Biggest drop-1.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Senior Investigation Counsel / Avocate principale, enquête↑ role changed$187,665.37▼ 1.8%
2024★ Best
Senior Investigation Counsel / Avocat principal, enquête↑ role changed$191,117.48▲ 23.3%
2022
Legal Counsel / Avocat$154,953.36▲ 3.5%
2021
Legal Counsel / Avocat$149,760.83▲ 0.0%
2020
Legal Counsel / Avocat$149,732.32▲ 1.8%
2019
Legal Counsel / Avocat$147,074.13▲ 2.3%
2018
Legal Counsel / Avocat↑ role changed$143,774.62▲ 27.2%
2016First
Legal Counsel$113,004.86
8 years total$1.2M total$154,635.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Investigation Counsel / Avocate principale, enquête
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
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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