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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Andrew Backer

Chief Executive Officer · Row Ontario
Chief Executive OfficerOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$132,564.51
▲ 16.2% since 2019

Andrew Backer was paid $132,564.51 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer at Row Ontario in 2025, 33% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Andrew Backer has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $853K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $121,886.00 a year, up 16% over that span.

That is 16% above the average disclosed pay of $114,303.80 across 2 listed Row Ontario employees.

$132,564.51
Latest compensation
in 2025
$853K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$121,886.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+16.2%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$103K$111K$119K$127K$136K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $132,564.51
Lifetime total compensation$853K
Annual average$121,886.00
Total growth since 2019+16.2%
Biggest raise+7.7% (2021)
Biggest drop-5.8% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Chief Executive Officer$132,564.51▲ 1.9%
2024
Chief Executive Officer$130,121.31▲ 1.0%
2023
$128,861.00▲ 3.8%
2022
Chief Executive Officer$124,173.57▲ 7.2%
2021
Chief Executive Officer$115,847.00▲ 7.7%
2020
Chief Executive Officer↑ role changed$107,519.80▼ 5.8%
2019First
Executive Director$114,117.70
7 years total$853K total$121,886.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Chief Executive Officer
Employer
Row Ontario
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
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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