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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Michael Widener

Professor, Geography · University Of Toronto
Professor, GeographyOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$245,366.38
▲ 134.4% since 2016

Michael Widener was paid $245,366.38 in total compensation as Professor, Geography at University Of Toronto in 2025, 145% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Widener has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2016, earning $1.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $161,087.00 a year, up 134% over that span.

That is 43% above the average disclosed pay of $171,936.29 across 7,392 listed University Of Toronto employees.

$245,366.38
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.6M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$161,087.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+134.4%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$79K$125K$171K$217K$262K2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael Widener's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $245,366.38
Lifetime total compensation$1.6M
Annual average$161,087.00
Total growth since 2016+134.4%
Biggest raise+20.1% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor, Geography↑ role changed$245,366.38▲ 12.0%
2024
Professor of Geography and Chair, Geography$219,008.08▲ 4.5%
2023
$209,480.18▲ 19.3%
2022
Associate Professor of Geography$175,553.71▲ 17.0%
2021
Associate Professor of Geography$149,990.72▲ 6.2%
2020
Associate Professor of Geography↑ role changed$141,278.24▲ 0.9%
2019
Professor of Geography$140,025.63▲ 20.1%
2018
Professor of Geography$116,617.44▲ 7.1%
2017
Professor of Geography$108,882.12▲ 4.0%
2016First
Professor of Geography$104,671.80
10 years total$1.6M total$161,087.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Professor, Geography
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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