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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Melissa Seal

Senior Legal Counsel · Queen's University
Senior Legal CounselOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$190,589.08
▲ 18.2% since 2022

Melissa Seal was paid $190,589.08 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel at Queen's University in 2025, 91% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Seal has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $705K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $176,361.00 a year, up 18% over that span.

That is 9% above the average disclosed pay of $174,913.95 across 1,469 listed Queen's University employees.

$190,589.08
Latest compensation
in 2025
$705K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$176,361.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+18.2%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$156K$166K$175K$185K$194K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Seal's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $190,589.08
Lifetime total compensation$705K
Annual average$176,361.00
Total growth since 2022+18.2%
Biggest raise+15.5% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel↑ role changed$190,589.08▲ 0.6%
2024
Senior Director (Employee and Labour Relations), Senior Legal Counsel$189,488.95▲ 15.5%
2023
$164,094.78▲ 1.8%
2022First
Senior Legal Counsel$161,272.26
4 years total$705K total$176,361.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2022
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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