How large is this employer’s disclosed footprint?
Use disclosed records and disclosed payroll to understand the employer’s presence in Ontario’s public salary disclosure.
Employer public compensation profile
Tourism, Culture and Gaming public compensation profile, 2025
Tourism, Culture and Gaming appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 221 disclosed records, $29,779,673 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $127,798. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or an allegation of wrongdoing.
Key disclosed metrics
Disclosed records221public salary disclosure rows, not necessarily unique full-time employees
Disclosed payroll$29.8M$29,779,673 salary paid across disclosed records, not total employer payroll
Median disclosed salary$127,798median salary paid among disclosed records only
Average disclosed salary$134,750average salary paid among disclosed records only
Taxable benefits$49.9K$49,903 reported taxable benefits, not total benefits or pension value
Benefits-to-salary ratio0.17%reported taxable benefits divided by disclosed salary paid
SectorGovernment of Ontario – MinistriesView Government of Ontario – Ministries sector page
Inferred placeOntario / not location-specificplatform-generated label, not an official Ontario field
Visible metric definitions
- Disclosed records
- Public salary disclosure rows, not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Disclosed payroll
- Salary paid across disclosed records, not total employer payroll.
- Median disclosed salary
- Median salary paid among disclosed records only.
- Taxable benefits
- Reported taxable benefits, not total benefits or pension value.
- Role family
- Platform-generated heuristic from position title.
- Inferred place
- Platform-generated label, not an official Ontario field.
Responsible interpretation
No wrongdoing implied
- Appearing in Ontario public salary disclosure does not imply wrongdoing, misconduct, scandal, or any allegation.
- Salary paid is not total compensation and does not include all possible pension, benefit, overtime-context, or employment-history details.
- Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Totals are affected by employer scale, occupational mix, overtime, retroactive payments, one-time payments, partial-year service, and duplicate appearances.
- Role-family and inferred-place labels are platform-generated heuristics.
- Use the source attribution, methodology, and corrections / privacy review links for review.
Sector context
Within this sector’s disclosed records, Tourism, Culture and Gaming can be compared with the Government of Ontario – Ministries 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 | Tourism, Culture and Gaming | Government of Ontario – Ministries sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 221 | 35,897 | 0.6% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $29,779,673 | $5,197,355,047 | 0.6% of sector salary paid |
| Median disclosed salary | $127,798 | $130,215 | Median salary paid among disclosed records only. |
| Average disclosed salary | $134,750 | $144,785 | 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 | 132 | $16,458,583 | $118,045 |
| Finance, administration and operations | 70 | $9,952,938 | $136,557 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 8 | $1,885,477 | $222,978 |
| Engineering, planning and infrastructure | 6 | $789,837 | $129,438 |
| Academic and research | 2 | $349,036 | $174,518 |
| Digital, data and technology | 3 | $343,802 | $116,455 |
Salary-band distribution
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 102 | $11,294,833 |
| 125–150k | 76 | $10,180,412 |
| 150–200k | 31 | $5,240,900 |
| 200–300k | 11 | $2,656,972 |
| 300–500k | 1 | $406,557 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
Selected high-disclosure records
Highest disclosed salary records for this employer are shown neutrally and without person-profile links. Disclosure alone does not imply wrongdoing.
| Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Minister | Executive and senior leadership | $406,557 | $11,281 | 2025 |
| Assistant Deputy Minister, Gaming | Executive and senior leadership | $299,220 | $315 | 2025 |
| Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Relations and Accountability | Executive and senior leadership | $299,104 | $307 | 2025 |
| Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism and Culture | Executive and senior leadership | $259,673 | $279 | 2025 |
| Director, Financial Performance and Strategy Office | Finance, administration and operations | $254,287 | $230 | 2025 |
| Director, Strategic Policy Development and Planning | Other disclosed roles | $239,776 | $246 | 2025 |
| General Manager, Fort William Historical Parks | Finance, administration and operations | $234,239 | $221 | 2025 |
| General Manager, Huronia Historical Parks | Finance, administration and operations | $227,740 | $250 | 2025 |
| Director, Gaming Special Projects | Other disclosed roles | $219,195 | $211 | 2025 |
| Director, Tourism Policy and Research | Academic and research | $209,821 | $238 | 2025 |
| Director, Culture Policy | Other disclosed roles | $207,286 | $224 | 2025 |
| Director, Investment and Development Office | Other disclosed roles | $206,631 | $224 | 2025 |
Questions this page can help answer
What kinds of roles appear most often?
Use role-family mix to see broad position-title patterns among disclosed records.
How does this compare within the sector?
Use the sector context table for cautious disclosed-record benchmarking within Government of Ontario – Ministries.
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
What does this employer profile show?
This profile summarizes Tourism, Culture and Gaming disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
Does appearing in salary disclosure imply wrongdoing?
No. Appearing in public salary disclosure does not imply wrongdoing, misconduct, scandal, excess, or any allegation.
Are disclosed records the same as full-time 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.
How should median salary be interpreted?
Median disclosed salary is the middle salary paid among disclosed records only, not total workforce compensation or a labour-market statistic.
Where can corrections or privacy concerns be raised?
Use the corrections / privacy review page linked from this profile to raise spelling, classification, context, or privacy concerns.