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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

James Gillespie

Fire Investigator · Solicitor General
Fire InvestigatorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$128,017.83
▲ 16.2% since 2019

James Gillespie was paid $128,017.83 in total compensation as Fire Investigator at Solicitor General in 2025, 28% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

James Gillespie has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $751K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $125,197.00 a year, up 16% over that span.

That is 3% below the average disclosed pay of $131,360.02 across 5,958 listed Solicitor General employees.

$128,017.83
Latest compensation
in 2025
$751K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$125,197.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+16.2%
Career growth
since 2019
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6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$104K$115K$125K$136K$147K201920202021202220242025
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How James Gillespie's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $142,929.48
Lifetime total compensation$751K
Annual average$125,197.00
Total growth since 2019+16.2%
Biggest raise+14.9% (2021)
Biggest drop-6.3% (2024)
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Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Fire Investigator$128,017.83▼ 4.4%
2024
Fire Investigator$133,925.71▼ 6.3%
2022★ Best
Fire Investigator$142,929.48▲ 13.2%
2021
Fire Investigator$126,269.14▲ 14.9%
2020
Fire Investigator$109,873.81▼ 0.3%
2019First
Fire Investigator$110,167.82
6 years total$751K total$125,197.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Fire Investigator
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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