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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

John Cole

Deputy Regional Director · Solicitor General
Deputy Regional DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$169,511.53
▲ 51.5% since 2019

John Cole was paid $169,511.53 in total compensation as Deputy Regional Director at Solicitor General in 2025, 70% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

John Cole has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $784K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $130,715.00 a year, up 51% over that span.

That is 29% above the average disclosed pay of $131,360.02 across 5,958 listed Solicitor General employees.

$169,511.53
Latest compensation
in 2025
$784K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$130,715.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+51.5%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$102K$120K$139K$158K$176K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $169,511.53
Lifetime total compensation$784K
Annual average$130,715.00
Total growth since 2019+51.5%
Biggest raise+26.9% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Deputy Regional Director$169,511.53▲ 26.9%
2024
Deputy Regional Director$133,594.73▲ 6.6%
2022
Deputy Regional Director↑ role changed$125,325.67▲ 0.2%
2021
Regional Incident Manager↑ role changed$125,017.39▲ 5.1%
2020
Superintendent↑ role changed$118,927.67▲ 6.3%
2019First
Deputy Regional Director$111,913.45
6 years total$784K total$130,715.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Deputy Regional Director
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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