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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Holly Bates

Associate Professor · Trent University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$159,329.62
▲ 47.7% since 2018

Holly Bates was paid $159,329.62 in total compensation as Associate Professor at Trent University in 2025, 59% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Holly Bates has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $135,940.00 a year, up 48% over that span.

That is 3% above the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.

$159,329.62
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$135,940.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+47.7%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$99K$115K$132K$149K$166K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Holly Bates's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $159,329.62
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$135,940.00
Total growth since 2018+47.7%
Biggest raise+23.0% (2021)
Biggest drop-7.9% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor↑ role changed$159,329.62▲ 8.7%
2024
Assistant Professor$146,625.42▲ 6.6%
2023
$137,533.50▼ 7.9%
2022
Assistant Professor↑ role changed$149,398.49▼ 2.7%
2021
Associate Professor↑ role changed$153,505.08▲ 23.0%
2020
Assistant Professor↑ role changed$124,789.75▲ 15.0%
2019
Associate Professor↑ role changed$108,471.44▲ 0.6%
2018First
Assistant Professor$107,865.22
8 years total$1.1M total$135,940.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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