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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Melissa Taylor

Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale · Ontario Securities Commission
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$203,505.63
▲ 78.9% since 2018

Melissa Taylor was paid $203,505.63 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale at Ontario Securities Commission in 2025, 104% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Taylor has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2018, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $165,292.00 a year, up 79% over that span.

That is 10% above the average disclosed pay of $185,266.30 across 528 listed Ontario Securities Commission employees.

$203,505.63
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$165,292.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+78.9%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$128K$159K$190K$221K2018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Taylor's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $209,797.91
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$165,292.00
Total growth since 2018+78.9%
Biggest raise+24.6% (2019)
Biggest drop-3.0% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale$203,505.63▼ 3.0%
2024★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale$209,797.91▲ 19.7%
2022
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale$175,276.06▲ 7.2%
2021
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale↑ role changed$163,573.07▲ 9.5%
2020
Legal Counsel / Avocate$149,347.68▲ 5.3%
2019
Legal Counsel / Avocate$141,766.65▲ 24.6%
2018First
Legal Counsel / Avocate$113,776.03
7 years total$1.2M total$165,292.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel / Avocate principale
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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