Canada · Public Sector Salary DisclosureEdition 2025
SL
On the 2020 Sunshine List · 2 years

Stephen Leighton

ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2019
2020 Total Compensation Paid
$141,958.16
▼ 10.1% since 2019

Stephen Leighton was paid $141,958.16 in total compensation as Professor at Queen’s University in 2020, 42% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Stephen Leighton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 2 times since 2019, earning $300K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $149,898.00 a year, down 10% over that span.

That is 13% below the average disclosed pay of $163,928.83 across 1,286 listed Queen’s University employees.

$141,958.16
Latest compensation
in 2020
$300K
Total compensation
across 2 years
$149,898.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-10.1%
Career growth
since 2019
SHARE

Share this record

Download a card to post or send.

FIG. 01

2 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$138K$144K$149K$155K$160K20192020
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Stephen Leighton's total compensation has moved across 2 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $157,837.46
Lifetime total compensation$300K
Annual average$149,898.00
Total growth since 2019-10.1%
Biggest drop-10.1% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

2 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2020Latest
Professor$141,958.16▼ 10.1%
2019First★ Best
Professor$157,837.46
2 years total$300K total$149,898.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2020
Years on list
2

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.

Name removal

This data comes from official government disclosures. For removal requests, contact the Ontario government directly.

Request removal →