Canada · Public Sector Salary DisclosureEdition 2025
WJ
On the 2017 Sunshine List · 9 years

Walter John Whiteley

Professor · York University
ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2009
2017 Total Compensation Paid
$127,840.50
▼ 3.6% since 2009

Walter John Whiteley was paid $127,840.50 in total compensation as Professor at York University in 2017, 28% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Walter John Whiteley has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $154,458.00 a year, down 4% over that span.

That is 25% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$127,840.50
Latest compensation
in 2017
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$154,458.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-3.6%
Career growth
since 2009
SHARE

Share this record

Download a card to post or send.

FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$119K$135K$152K$168K$185K200920102011201220132014201520162017
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Walter John Whiteley's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2015 · $178,946.44
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$154,458.00
Total growth since 2009-3.6%
Biggest raise+15.9% (2011)
Biggest drop-19.6% (2016)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2017Latest
Professor$127,840.50▼ 11.2%
2016
Professor$143,884.21▼ 19.6%
2015★ Best
Professor$178,946.44▲ 1.2%
2014
Professor$176,900.72▲ 3.6%
2013
Professor$170,731.52▲ 3.7%
2012
Professor$164,632.75▲ 4.1%
2011
Professor$158,123.12▲ 15.9%
2010
Professor$136,440.53▲ 2.9%
2009First
Professor$132,620.21
9 years total$1.4M total$154,458.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2017
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.

Name removal

This data comes from official government disclosures. For removal requests, contact the Ontario government directly.

Request removal →