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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Simon Chen

Chaire de recherche du Canada – Professeure agrégée, professeur agrégé / Canada Research Chair – Associate Professor · University Of Ottawa
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$182,858.00
▲ 59.2% since 2017

Simon Chen was paid $182,858.00 in total compensation as Chaire de recherche du Canada – Professeure agrégée, professeur agrégé / Canada Research Chair – Associate Professor at University Of Ottawa in 2025, 83% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Simon Chen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $145,238.00 a year, up 59% over that span.

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

$182,858.00
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$145,238.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+59.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$103K$125K$147K$169K$191K20172018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $182,858.00
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$145,238.00
Total growth since 2017+59.2%
Biggest raise+20.5% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Chaire de recherche du Canada – Professeure agrégée, professeur agrégé / Canada Research Chair – Associate Professor$182,858.00▲ 0.6%
2024
Chaire de recherche du Canada – Professeure agrégée, professeur agrégé / Canada Research Chair – Associate Professor↑ role changed$181,755.92▲ 20.5%
2022
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$150,843.18▲ 5.7%
2021
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$142,753.04▲ 4.4%
2020
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$136,761.70▲ 5.3%
2019
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$129,878.96▲ 6.3%
2018
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$122,167.76▲ 6.3%
2017First
Chaire de recherche du Canada / Canada Research Chair$114,888.70
8 years total$1.2M total$145,238.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Chaire de recherche du Canada – Professeure agrégée, professeur agrégé / Canada Research Chair – Associate 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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