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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Benoit Lessard

Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor · University Of Ottawa
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$183,795.00
▲ 54.2% since 2017

Benoit Lessard was paid $183,795.00 in total compensation as Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor at University Of Ottawa in 2025, 84% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Benoit Lessard has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $149,118.00 a year, up 54% over that span.

That is 16% above the average disclosed pay of $158,195.85 across 2,861 listed University Of Ottawa employees.

$183,795.00
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$149,118.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$108K$129K$150K$171K$192K20172018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $184,290.80
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$149,118.00
Total growth since 2017+54.2%
Biggest raise+21.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-0.3% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor↑ role changed$183,795.00▼ 0.3%
2024★ Best
Chaire de recherche du Canada – Professeure titulaire, professeur titulaire / Canada Research Chair – Full Professor↑ role changed$184,290.80▲ 21.8%
2022
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$151,350.64▲ 3.6%
2021
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$146,088.64▲ 1.2%
2020
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$144,295.32▲ 5.1%
2019
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$137,286.72▲ 8.4%
2018
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$126,608.40▲ 6.2%
2017First
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$119,226.08
8 years total$1.2M total$149,118.00 avg
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Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professeure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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