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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 7 years

Michael Duschenes

Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer · Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$325,847.85
▲ 13.1% since 2013

Michael Duschenes was paid $325,847.85 in total compensation as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics in 2021, 226% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Duschenes has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2013, earning $2.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $313,354.00 a year, up 13% over that span.

That is 71% above the average disclosed pay of $190,899.79 across 70 listed Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics employees.

$325,847.85
Latest compensation
in 2021
$2.2M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$313,354.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+13.1%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$281K$294K$308K$322K$335K2013201420172018201920202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2020 · $330,128.87
Lifetime total compensation$2.2M
Annual average$313,354.00
Total growth since 2013+13.1%
Biggest raise+6.2% (2017)
Biggest drop-1.3% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer$325,847.85▼ 1.3%
2020★ Best
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer$330,128.87▲ 1.8%
2019
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer$324,255.58▲ 1.9%
2018
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer$318,310.87▲ 1.9%
2017
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer$312,454.98▲ 6.2%
2014
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer↑ role changed$294,276.17▲ 2.1%
2013First
Chief Operating Officer$288,200.69
7 years total$2.2M total$313,354.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer
Sector
Other Public Sector Employers
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2021
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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