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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 9 years

Sten Ardal

Chief Executive Officer · Touchstone Institute
Chief Executive OfficerOntarioFirst listed 2014
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$256,941.58
▲ 11.6% since 2014

Sten Ardal was paid $256,941.58 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer at Touchstone Institute in 2022, 157% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sten Ardal has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2014, earning $2.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $237,445.00 a year, up 12% over that span.

That is 58% above the average disclosed pay of $162,131.39 across 9 listed Touchstone Institute employees.

$256,941.58
Latest compensation
in 2022
$2.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$237,445.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+11.6%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$209K$222K$235K$249K$262K201420152016201720182019202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Sten Ardal's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $256,941.58
Lifetime total compensation$2.1M
Annual average$237,445.00
Total growth since 2014+11.6%
Biggest raise+9.9% (2019)
Biggest drop-12.7% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest★ Best
Chief Executive Officer$256,941.58▲ 2.5%
2021
Chief Executive Officer$250,665.87▲ 0.2%
2020
Chief Executive Officer$250,050.35▲ 5.3%
2019
Chief Executive Officer$237,391.00▲ 9.9%
2018
Chief Executive Officer$216,011.00▼ 12.7%
2017
Chief Executive Officer$247,570.00▲ 9.2%
2016
Chief Executive Officer$226,795.00▲ 2.4%
2015
Chief Executive Officer$221,409.00▼ 3.8%
2014First
Chief Executive Officer$230,173.00
9 years total$2.1M total$237,445.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Chief Executive Officer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
9

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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