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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

James Lawson

General Duty Officer · Solicitor General
General Duty OfficerOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$105,257.17
▼ 9.3% since 2019

James Lawson was paid $105,257.17 in total compensation as General Duty Officer at Solicitor General in 2025, 5% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

James Lawson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2019, earning $479K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $119,855.00 a year, down 9% over that span.

That is 20% below the average disclosed pay of $131,360.02 across 5,958 listed Solicitor General employees.

$105,257.17
Latest compensation
in 2025
$479K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$119,855.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-9.3%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$109K$119K$128K$137K2019202020212025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2021 · $133,437.95
Lifetime total compensation$479K
Annual average$119,855.00
Total growth since 2019-9.3%
Biggest raise+7.4% (2020)
Biggest drop-21.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
General Duty Officer↑ role changed$105,257.17▼ 21.1%
2021★ Best
Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal↑ role changed$133,437.95▲ 7.0%
2020
Manager, Fire Investigations$124,660.87▲ 7.4%
2019First
Manager, Fire Investigations$116,062.02
4 years total$479K total$119,855.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
General Duty Officer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
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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