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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Karen Ellis

Deputy Minister · Solicitor General
Deputy MinisterOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$194,458.60
▼ 23.8% since 2021

Karen Ellis was paid $194,458.60 in total compensation as Deputy Minister at Solicitor General in 2025, 94% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Ellis has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2021, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $274,379.00 a year, down 24% over that span.

That is 48% above the average disclosed pay of $131,360.02 across 5,958 listed Solicitor General employees.

$194,458.60
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 4 years
$274,379.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-23.8%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$171K$213K$256K$298K$341K2021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2022 · $325,082.03
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$274,379.00
Total growth since 2021-23.8%
Biggest raise+27.4% (2022)
Biggest drop-39.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Deputy Minister$194,458.60▼ 39.8%
2024
Deputy Minister$322,826.04▼ 0.7%
2022★ Best
Deputy Minister$325,082.03▲ 27.4%
2021First
Deputy Minister$255,148.80
4 years total$1.1M total$274,379.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Deputy Minister
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2021
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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