What does this employer profile show?
This profile summarizes Legal Aid Ontario disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
Employer public compensation profile
Legal Aid Ontario public compensation profile, 2025
Legal Aid Ontario appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 597 disclosed records, $82,764,258 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $138,741. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or a standalone judgment.
Key disclosed metrics
Disclosed records597public disclosure rows
Disclosed payroll$82.8M$82,764,258 salary paid
Median disclosed salary$138,741among disclosed records
Taxable benefits$353.9K0.43% of salary paid
SectorCrown AgenciesView Crown Agencies sector page
Inferred placeOntario / not location-specificplatform-generated label
Profile snapshot
- Sector footprint
- 3.1% of sector disclosed records; 3.1% of sector salary paid.
- Median vs sector
- Employer median: $138,741; sector median: $126,260; above sector median.
- Role-family salary share
- Other disclosed roles — 42.8% of this employer’s salary paid.
- Salary-band concentration
- 150–200k — 35.0% of disclosed records.
- Benefits-to-salary ratio
- Employer: 0.43%; sector: 0.53%.
- Benchmark caveat
- Disclosed-record benchmarks only.
Responsible use and limits
Disclosure records require context: they are not judgments about people, employers, or sectors; salary paid is not total compensation; disclosed rows are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Salary paid is not total compensation.
- Disclosed payroll is not total employer or sector payroll.
- Role family and inferred place are platform-generated heuristics, not official Ontario fields.
What this page does not conclude
- It does not assess performance, value, efficiency, quality, conduct, or compensation fairness.
- It does not prove a trend from one year of disclosure.
- It does not explain individual employment circumstances, overtime, retroactive payments, or partial-year effects.
- It does not replace source review, methodology, or correction context.
What stands out in this profile?
- The profile includes 597 disclosed records and $82,764,258 in salary paid.
- The median disclosed salary is $138,741, compared with $126,260 for the Crown Agencies sector; this is above the sector median disclosed salary.
- The largest role family by disclosed salary paid is Other disclosed roles.
- The largest salary band by disclosed record count is 150–200k.
- Reported taxable benefits equal 0.43% of salary paid, using disclosed taxable benefits only.
These observations summarize disclosed records only and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and responsible-use caveats.
Sector context
Within this sector’s disclosed records, Legal Aid Ontario can be compared with the Crown Agencies sector by disclosed record count, salary paid, median disclosed salary, and average disclosed salary where available. This is context for transparency and benchmarking, not a measure of performance, value, efficiency, quality, or compensation fairness.
| Metric | Legal Aid Ontario | Crown Agencies sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 597 | 19,087 | 3.1% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $82,764,258 | $2,653,155,063 | 3.1% of sector salary paid |
| Median disclosed salary | $138,741 | $126,260 | Median salary paid among disclosed records only. |
| Average disclosed salary | $138,634 | $139,003 | Average salary paid among disclosed records only. |
Role-family mix
Role families summarize disclosed position titles using neutral, platform-generated heuristics. They do not assess performance, efficiency, quality, or institutional value.
| Role family | Disclosed records | Disclosed payroll | Median disclosed salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other disclosed roles | 260 | $35,443,971 | $135,793 |
| Corporate administration and operations | 131 | $17,734,948 | $137,440 |
| Legal and judiciary | 112 | $15,529,651 | $141,574 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 22 | $4,222,487 | $188,213 |
| Teaching and school administration | 25 | $3,689,923 | $154,036 |
| Digital, data and technology | 24 | $3,209,068 | $133,559 |
| Finance, procurement and audit | 8 | $980,635 | $123,331 |
| Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | 6 | $766,687 | $126,719 |
| Communications, marketing and public affairs | 3 | $414,817 | $134,829 |
| Protective services | 3 | $330,415 | $113,311 |
| Engineering, planning and infrastructure | 2 | $291,658 | $145,829 |
| Academic and research | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 |
Salary-band distribution
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 193 | $21,682,600 |
| 125–150k | 186 | $25,560,091 |
| 150–200k | 209 | $33,406,095 |
| 200–300k | 9 | $2,115,473 |
| 300–500k | 0 | $0 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
Selected disclosed records for this employer
This table shows selected public disclosure records for this employer, sorted by salary paid. Records are shown for context and should be read with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page, Aileen | President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale | Executive and senior leadership | $284,522 | $606 | 2025 |
| Field, David | President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général | Executive and senior leadership | $265,000 | $1,049 | 2025 |
| Budgell, Janet | Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs/Vice-président, Stratégie et Affaires publiques | Executive and senior leadership | $248,366 | $724 | 2025 |
| Patel, Faheem | Lead, Infrastructure Architect/Responsable, Architect en infrastructure | Digital, data and technology | $240,384 | $828 | 2025 |
| Dwosh, Abigail | Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer/ Vice-présidente et cheffe de l'administration | Executive and senior leadership | $224,660 | $1,972 | 2025 |
| Jakobson, Vadim | Vice President, Operations /Vice-président, Opérations | Executive and senior leadership | $223,721 | $472 | 2025 |
| Strain, W.Roderick | Vice President, Clinic, Immigration and Refugee Law Services/Vice-président, Cliniques, Services en droit de l’immigration et des réfugiés | Executive and senior leadership | $220,635 | $1,463 | 2025 |
| Vanstone, Marinella | Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs/Vice-présidente, Stratégies et relations publiques | Executive and senior leadership | $204,675 | $442 | 2025 |
| Gregson, Neil | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel | Teaching and school administration | $203,509 | $362 | 2025 |
| Ellsworth, Randall | Vice President, Regional Services/Vice-président, Services régionaux | Executive and senior leadership | $198,297 | $83 | 2025 |
| Asmus, Andreas | Director General, North District/Directeur général, district du Nord | Executive and senior leadership | $190,023 | $1,096 | 2025 |
| Banerjee Wood, Lisa | Director General, Central East District/Directrice générale, district du Centre East | Executive and senior leadership | $190,023 | $1,547 | 2025 |
View up to 100 disclosed records, sorted by salary paid
The expanded table lists up to 100 public disclosure records for this employer. These rows are not individual pages and should not be treated as a standalone judgment about any individual. These are public disclosure rows for this employer. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page, Aileen | President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale | Executive and senior leadership | $284,522 | $606 | 2025 |
| Field, David | President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général | Executive and senior leadership | $265,000 | $1,049 | 2025 |
| Budgell, Janet | Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs/Vice-président, Stratégie et Affaires publiques | Executive and senior leadership | $248,366 | $724 | 2025 |
| Patel, Faheem | Lead, Infrastructure Architect/Responsable, Architect en infrastructure | Digital, data and technology | $240,384 | $828 | 2025 |
| Dwosh, Abigail | Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer/ Vice-présidente et cheffe de l'administration | Executive and senior leadership | $224,660 | $1,972 | 2025 |
| Jakobson, Vadim | Vice President, Operations /Vice-président, Opérations | Executive and senior leadership | $223,721 | $472 | 2025 |
| Strain, W.Roderick | Vice President, Clinic, Immigration and Refugee Law Services/Vice-président, Cliniques, Services en droit de l’immigration et des réfugiés | Executive and senior leadership | $220,635 | $1,463 | 2025 |
| Vanstone, Marinella | Vice President, Strategy and Public Affairs/Vice-présidente, Stratégies et relations publiques | Executive and senior leadership | $204,675 | $442 | 2025 |
| Gregson, Neil | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel | Teaching and school administration | $203,509 | $362 | 2025 |
| Ellsworth, Randall | Vice President, Regional Services/Vice-président, Services régionaux | Executive and senior leadership | $198,297 | $83 | 2025 |
| Asmus, Andreas | Director General, North District/Directeur général, district du Nord | Executive and senior leadership | $190,023 | $1,096 | 2025 |
| Banerjee Wood, Lisa | Director General, Central East District/Directrice générale, district du Centre East | Executive and senior leadership | $190,023 | $1,547 | 2025 |
| Bernstein, Lisa | Director, External Relations/Directrice, Relations extérieures | Other disclosed roles | $190,023 | $422 | 2025 |
| Britton Cox, Amy | Executive Advisor/Conseillère exécutive | Other disclosed roles | $190,023 | $422 | 2025 |
| Deslauriers, Darcy | Director, Special Project, Business Process Review/Directeur, Projets spéciaux, Examen des modes de fonctionnement | Other disclosed roles | $190,023 | $1,172 | 2025 |
| Harper, Cynthia | Director, Client and Legal Services/Directrice, Services juridiques et services aux clients | Other disclosed roles | $190,023 | $422 | 2025 |
| Hassan, Hassan Abshir | Chief Financial Officer/Directeur général des finances | Executive and senior leadership | $190,023 | $1,172 | 2025 |
| Teklu, Moya | Director, Policy /Directrice, Service des politiques | Other disclosed roles | $190,023 | $1,172 | 2025 |
| Kim, June | Director, Business Law/Directrice, droit des affaires | Other disclosed roles | $188,230 | $1,170 | 2025 |
| Baker, Laura | Director, Client and Legal Services/Directrice, Services juridiques et services aux clients | Other disclosed roles | $188,072 | $1,170 | 2025 |
| Hammond, Matthew | Director General, Central West District/Directeur général, District du Centre-Ouest | Executive and senior leadership | $186,403 | $422 | 2025 |
| Shoemaker, Margaret | Director, Legal Aid Ontario Law/Directrice, Aide Juridique Ontario Law | Other disclosed roles | $186,403 | $1,172 | 2025 |
| Bloomfield, Kirstie | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $185,467 | $362 | 2025 |
| Beard, Paula | Director, Senior Counsel/Directrice, Avocate principale | Other disclosed roles | $185,312 | $422 | 2025 |
| Pratt, Marcus | Senior Advisor/Conseiller principal | Teaching and school administration | $185,312 | $1,172 | 2025 |
| Morgan, Heather | Acting General Counsel/Avocate générale intérimaire | Other disclosed roles | $183,942 | $430 | 2025 |
| Saftic, John | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel | Teaching and school administration | $182,390 | $362 | 2025 |
| De Lio, Rosanne | Chief Human Resources Officer/Directrice, Ressources humaines | Executive and senior leadership | $179,012 | $1,908 | 2025 |
| Quesnel, Lisa | Director General, Toronto District/Directrice générale, district de Toronto | Executive and senior leadership | $178,713 | $410 | 2025 |
| Lapointe, Coreen | Director, Multiple Language Services/Directrice, Services multilingues | Other disclosed roles | $177,161 | $406 | 2025 |
| Verhey, Jessica | Director, Communications/Directrice des communications | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $176,811 | $1,758 | 2025 |
| Janisse, Diane | Director, Clinic Resource Office/Directrice, Bureau des ressources de la clinique | Other disclosed roles | $175,177 | $779 | 2025 |
| Alvarez, Rocio | Acting Director General, Western District/Directrice générale par intérim, district de l'Ouest | Executive and senior leadership | $175,077 | $1,304 | 2025 |
| Ozkin, Senem | Director General, Central East District/Directrice générale, district du Centre-Est | Executive and senior leadership | $175,077 | $1,404 | 2025 |
| Sun, Deanna | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $173,698 | $1,595 | 2025 |
| Pang, Christopher | Director, Roster Management/Directeur, Gestion du tableau | Other disclosed roles | $172,944 | $887 | 2025 |
| Sacevich, Brennan | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel | Teaching and school administration | $172,214 | $332 | 2025 |
| Lutes, Timothy | Case Manager/Gestionnaire de causes | Corporate administration and operations | $171,114 | $362 | 2025 |
| Flint, Robbie | Manager of Legal Services/Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $168,948 | $778 | 2025 |
| Gentles, Debra Sue | Executive Project Lead, Customer Relationship Management Replacement Project/Directrice générale de projet, projet de remplacement du logiciel /Gestion de la relation client | Other disclosed roles | $168,693 | $1,138 | 2025 |
| Higgins, Arwen | Director, Business Operations and Business Intelligence/Directrice, Services opérationnels et veille stratégique | Corporate administration and operations | $168,044 | $383 | 2025 |
| West, Courtney | Senior Counsel/Lawyer Manager, Eligibility Review Office/Avocate principale/Avocate gestionnaire, Bureau d’examen de l’admissibilité | Legal and judiciary | $167,722 | $1,862 | 2025 |
| Rifkin, Gerald | Investigator/Enquêteuse | Other disclosed roles | $166,323 | $301 | 2025 |
| Smith, Rodney | Director, Provincial Office Resources and Support Services/Directeur, Ressources et services de soutien du bureau provincial | Other disclosed roles | $165,791 | $1,223 | 2025 |
| Sherman, Omar | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocat de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $165,517 | $362 | 2025 |
| Basman, Aviva | Director, Immigration and Refugee/Directrice, Droit de l’immigration et des réfugiés | Other disclosed roles | $165,090 | $1,885 | 2025 |
| Williams, Heather | Acting Chief Audit Officer/Directrice principale intérimaire de l’audit | Executive and senior leadership | $165,000 | $385 | 2025 |
| Kundu, Piyali | Director, Lawyer Services And Payments/Directrice, Services aux avocats et paiements | Legal and judiciary | $164,001 | $2,408 | 2025 |
| Haner, Stacy | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseillère principale, droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $163,617 | $362 | 2025 |
| Gillham, Jeff | Director, Centralized Services/Directeur, Services centralisés | Other disclosed roles | $163,206 | $1,376 | 2025 |
| King, James | Regional Lawyer Manager/Avocat gestionnaire régionnal | Legal and judiciary | $162,623 | $1,128 | 2025 |
| Rinzler, Aaron | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $162,623 | $1,878 | 2025 |
| Koulis, Georgia | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $162,298 | $1,878 | 2025 |
| Cassavoy, Elisabeth | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $1,134 | 2025 |
| Costea, Mary | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $1,065 | 2025 |
| Macleod, Paul-Andre | Manager of Legal Services/Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Bottos, Amy | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Burrell, Cynthia | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| D'Souza, Vanessa | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $1,878 | 2025 |
| Devries, Michael | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Docherty, Fiona | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $672 | 2025 |
| Ferrier, Calvin | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $678 | 2025 |
| Finn Losier, Chantal | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $1,380 | 2025 |
| Garland, Carl | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $878 | 2025 |
| Kitchen, Ching Yuen | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| McKay, Carey | Manager, Certificate Services/Chef du service, Services de certificats | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $1,053 | 2025 |
| O'Connor, Christine | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Starbuck, Steven | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Vanderheyden, Angela | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Vincent, Janice | Regional Lawyer Manager/Avocate gestionnaire régionale | Legal and judiciary | $161,823 | $378 | 2025 |
| Knox, Tara | Lawyer Manager/Gestionnaire avocate | Legal and judiciary | $161,734 | $377 | 2025 |
| Lambermont, Felice | Special Advisor / Conseillère spéciale | Other disclosed roles | $161,285 | $0 | 2025 |
| Story, Michael | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,043 | $376 | 2025 |
| Blackbeard, Edward | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,043 | $2,376 | 2025 |
| Warman, Raymond | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $161,043 | $1,876 | 2025 |
| Strain, Lana | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseillère principale, droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $161,017 | $362 | 2025 |
| Pybus, Tracy | Duty Counsel, Hybrid/Avocate de service, droit de la famille et droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $160,767 | $362 | 2025 |
| Edwards, Yolande | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $158,650 | $238 | 2025 |
| Hunter, Susanne | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $158,650 | $0 | 2025 |
| Ferland, Nathalie | Bilingual Institutional and Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service bilingue en milieu carcéral, droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $158,567 | $362 | 2025 |
| Edmunds, Kathryn | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $158,371 | $346 | 2025 |
| Glass, Elana | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $157,600 | $362 | 2025 |
| Miskinis, Joana | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $157,551 | $362 | 2025 |
| Soczka, Milena | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $157,330 | $834 | 2025 |
| Bricault, Aimee | Director, Intake Operations Support/Directrice, Soutien aux opérations d'accueil | Corporate administration and operations | $157,268 | $879 | 2025 |
| Miu, Rosanna | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $156,967 | $362 | 2025 |
| Shepherd, Melissa | Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy Management/Directrice générale, Gestion des stratégies | Executive and senior leadership | $156,935 | $2,164 | 2025 |
| Leighton, Robin | Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille | Other disclosed roles | $156,814 | $367 | 2025 |
| Flewelling, Evan | Manager of Legal Services/ Chef des services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $156,434 | $359 | 2025 |
| Lane, Jeffrey | Lead, Information Technology Infrastructure Operations/Chargé des opérations, Infrastrcture des technologies de l’information | Digital, data and technology | $156,175 | $828 | 2025 |
| Perry, David Donald | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocat de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $155,517 | $362 | 2025 |
| Hirlehey, Jennifer | Staff Lawyer, Family/Avocate salariée, Droit de la famille | Legal and judiciary | $155,517 | $362 | 2025 |
| Tsolos, Areti | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $155,517 | $362 | 2025 |
| Kitto, Rob | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocat de service en droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $155,417 | $362 | 2025 |
| Prevost, Alain | Supervisory Duty Counsel/Avocat de service principal | Teaching and school administration | $155,317 | $362 | 2025 |
| Reid, Dee-Anne | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques | Corporate administration and operations | $155,303 | $363 | 2025 |
| Schroeder, Jeffrey | Senior Counsel, Criminal/Conseiller principal, droit criminel | Teaching and school administration | $155,303 | $362 | 2025 |
| Cowan, Tom | Director Clinic Law Services/Directeur des services des domaines de pratique des cliniques | Other disclosed roles | $155,150 | $358 | 2025 |
| Miller, Patricia | Duty Counsel, Hybrid/Avocate de service, droit de la famille et droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $155,121 | $346 | 2025 |
| McDonald, Linda | Duty Counsel, Hybrid/Avocate de service, droit de la famille et droit criminel | Other disclosed roles | $155,017 | $362 | 2025 |
Source, methodology, and corrections
This profile is based on Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure source data as processed for public-interest analysis. Review source attribution, methodology, and correction options before relying on any single figure.
Employer profile questions and answers
Are disclosed records the same as employees?
No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
Is role family an official Ontario field?
No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.
Where can corrections or privacy concerns be raised?
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