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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 3 years

Thomas Anthony Gaffney

Special Advisor to the Chair · Vector Institute
Special Advisor to the ChairOntarioFirst listed 2023
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$567,000.51
▲ 25.9% since 2023

Thomas Anthony Gaffney was paid $567,000.51 in total compensation as Special Advisor to the Chair at Vector Institute in 2025, 467% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Thomas Anthony Gaffney has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2023, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $511,172.00 a year, up 26% over that span.

That is 247% above the average disclosed pay of $163,240.69 across 72 listed Vector Institute employees.

$567,000.51
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 3 years
$511,172.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+25.9%
Career growth
since 2023
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$429K$467K$505K$543K$581K202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Thomas Anthony Gaffney's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $567,000.51
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$511,172.00
Total growth since 2023+25.9%
Biggest raise+14.6% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Special Advisor to the Chair↑ role changed$567,000.51▲ 9.8%
2024
President and Chief Executive Officer$516,196.48▲ 14.6%
2023First
$450,318.06
3 years total$1.5M total$511,172.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Special Advisor to the Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2023
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
3

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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