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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 9 years

Catherine Gates

Director, Research and Innovation · Trent University
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$126,061.00
▲ 23.0% since 2013

Catherine Gates was paid $126,061.00 in total compensation as Director, Research and Innovation at Trent University in 2021, 26% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Catherine Gates has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2013, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $116,945.00 a year, up 23% over that span.

That is 19% below the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.

$126,061.00
Latest compensation
in 2021
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$116,945.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+23.0%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$109K$123K$138K$152K201320142015201620172018201920202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2020 · $146,941.88
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$116,945.00
Total growth since 2013+23.0%
Biggest raise+25.1% (2020)
Biggest drop-14.2% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Director, Research and Innovation$126,061.00▼ 14.2%
2020★ Best
Director, Research and Innovation↑ role changed$146,941.88▲ 25.1%
2019
Director, Office of Research Services$117,436.25▼ 1.1%
2018
Director, Office of Research Services$118,789.81▲ 3.4%
2017
Director, Office of Research Services↑ role changed$114,893.22▲ 3.2%
2016
Director, Office Of Research Services↑ role changed$111,296.82▲ 2.4%
2015
Director, Office of Research Services$108,701.86▲ 2.6%
2014
Director, Office of Research Services↑ role changed$105,914.31▲ 3.4%
2013First
Director, Office of Research$102,465.60
9 years total$1.1M total$116,945.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Director, Research and Innovation
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2021
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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