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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Jennifer Root

FacultyOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$168,685.69
▲ 59.8% since 2016

Jennifer Root was paid $168,685.69 in total compensation as Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2025, 69% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Jennifer Root has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2016, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $131,211.00 a year, up 60% over that span.

That is 7% above the average disclosed pay of $157,972.50 across 862 listed Wilfrid Laurier University employees.

$168,685.69
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$131,211.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+59.8%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$115K$135K$156K$176K201620182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Jennifer Root's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $168,685.69
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$131,211.00
Total growth since 2016+59.8%
Biggest raise+10.3% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Faculty$168,685.69▲ 5.3%
2024
Faculty$160,208.59▲ 10.3%
2023
$145,226.50▲ 10.1%
2022
Faculty$131,920.60▲ 3.7%
2021
Faculty$127,224.18▲ 2.9%
2020
Faculty$123,677.22▲ 9.8%
2019
Faculty$112,679.56▲ 6.6%
2018
Faculty$105,745.49▲ 0.2%
2016First
Faculty$105,531.10
9 years total$1.2M total$131,211.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Faculty
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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