CEOs Statistics

Total for each year.

Data years and average Canadian annual pay and GDP (millions)
Year20232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Pay62,660.5060,606.5058,791.7057,023.7053,471.6052,066.0050,760.8049,753.6049,514.9048,647.0047,394.9046,569.1045,429.3044,326.9042,770.5042,130.4040,953.60
GDP2,933,8102,813,2892,517,1232,220,5272,313,5632,235,6752,140,6412,025,5351,990,4411,994,8981,902,2471,827,2011,774,0631,666,0481,571,3341,657,0411,577,661

Annual Statistics
Totals for all CEOs
YearCount CEOsSalarySharesOptionsBonusPensionsOtherTotal Compensation # Average Canadians % share of GDP
2021100117,439,432478,371,325383,577,626324,737,64550,336,32072,887,7951,427,374,47824,2790.06
2020100116,459,419440,666,020236,819,708217,451,37737,501,74638,640,6251,087,538,88919,0720.05
2019100124,102,331424,155,977211,071,842245,523,27840,874,01834,768,2931,080,490,94320,2070.05
2018100119,073,413511,924,610159,374,792257,408,64234,832,65199,588,7641,182,202,36722,7060.05
2017100120,865,858341,915,378180,635,135249,025,96548,325,50459,055,905999,823,78019,6970.05
2016100118,030,951343,479,166154,295,119265,162,26733,908,534124,490,9351,039,366,97220,8900.05
2015100111,297,178428,359,283148,545,181181,417,39934,370,89453,261,251954,469,12919,2760.05
2014100112,862,514349,399,171119,775,054237,606,06435,806,71240,415,451895,864,96718,4160.04
2013100106,150,518250,159,396237,026,764234,511,98240,899,69952,593,206921,341,56519,4400.05
2012100100,828,007224,013,334169,291,228173,262,08953,266,04475,369,310796,030,01217,0940.04
201010095,057,500184,672,495235,097,350242,140,49247,743,40637,098,076838,441,39018,9150.05
200910092,993,791138,199,378203,168,830143,981,67839,023,66947,022,125664,389,47315,5340.04
201110098,723,906198,467,035161,217,517207,331,69646,680,75057,141,558769,562,46616,9400.04
2008100102,163,822189,532,802155,851,584157,450,26260,066,63265,023,277730,088,37517,3290.04
200710086,846,499000001,040,805,35325,4140.07
2022100125,308,325626,817,090353,504,015267,734,78051,218,14766,117,8601,489,689,88724,5800.05
2023100127,732,044645,628,867197,051,844229,032,44334,536,50481,659,9141,315,671,37320,9970.04
Average of CEOs
Year SalarySharesOptionsBonusPensionsOtherTotal Compensation # Average Canadians 
2021 1,174,3944,783,7133,835,7763,247,376503,363728,87814,273,745243 
2020 1,164,5944,406,6602,368,1972,174,514375,017386,40610,875,389191 
2019 1,241,0234,241,5602,110,7182,455,233408,740347,68310,804,909202 
2018 1,190,7345,119,2461,593,7482,574,086348,327995,88811,822,024227 
2017 1,208,6593,419,1541,806,3512,490,260483,255590,5599,998,238197 
2016 1,180,3103,434,7921,542,9512,651,623339,0851,244,90910,393,670209 
2015 1,112,9724,283,5931,485,4521,814,174343,709532,6139,544,691193 
2014 1,128,6253,493,9921,197,7512,376,061358,067404,1558,958,650184 
2013 1,061,5052,501,5942,370,2682,345,120408,997525,9329,213,416194 
2012 1,008,2802,240,1331,692,9121,732,621532,660753,6937,960,300171 
2010 950,5751,846,7252,350,9742,421,405477,434370,9818,384,414189 
2009 929,9381,381,9942,031,6881,439,817390,237470,2216,643,895155 
2011 987,2391,984,6701,612,1752,073,317466,808571,4167,695,625169 
2008 1,021,6381,895,3281,558,5161,574,503600,666650,2337,300,884173 
2007 868,4650000010,408,054254 
2022 1,253,0836,268,1713,535,0402,677,348512,181661,17914,896,899246 
2023 1,277,3206,456,2891,970,5182,290,324345,365816,59913,156,714210 

There are 451 uniquely named CEOS in the database.
There are 295 uniquely named firms in the database.
There are 1700 annual compensation records in the database.


Number of appearances (greater than 5) in the Top 100 CEOs list by an individual over all the years in the database.

Most Appearances
RowNameCount
1Alain Bédard17
2R. Jeffrey Orr17
3Darren Entwistle16
4Donald R. Lindsay16
5J. Bruce Flatt16
6Sean Boyd16
7Charles Brindamour14
8Donald J. Walker14
9Galen G. Weston14
10Gerald W. Schwartz14
11Louis Vachon14
12Michael H. McCain14
13Peter Marrone14
14Glenn J. Chamandy13
15Paul Desmarais Jr.13
16Stephen G. Wetmore13
17Tim Gitzel13
18André Desmarais12
19George A. Cope12
20J. Paul Rollinson12
21Linda Hasenfratz12
22Marc Parent12
23Al Monaco11
24Bradley S. Shaw11
25Edward Sonshine11
26Paul A. Mahon11
27Russell Girling11
28Steve W. Laut11
29William A. Downe11
30Brian J. Porter10
31Dean A. Connor10
32John Floren10
33José Boisjoli10
34Mark J. Barrenechea10
35Bharat Masrani9
36Brian Hannasch9
37Calin Rovinescu9
38David McKay9
39Dawn L. Farrell9
40Donald Guloien9
41James C. Smith9
42L. Scott Thomson9
43Nancy C. Southern9
44Scott Saxberg9
45Victor Dodig9
46Brian C. Ferguson8
47Charles A. Jeannes8
48Charles V. Magro8
49Craig H. Muhlhauser8
50E. Hunter Harrison8
51Edmund Clark8
52Ellis Jacob8
53François Olivier8
54Gordon M. Nixon8
55H. Stanley Marshall8
56Jay S. Hennick8
57John M. Cassaday8
58Michael E. Roach8
59N. Murray Edwards8
60Paul N. Wright8
61Pierre Beaudoin8
62Richard M. Kruger8
63Robert A. Mionis8
64Serge Godin8
65Steven K. Hudson8
66William J. Doyle8
67Alain Bouchard7
68Alexandre L'Heureux7
69Claude Mongeau7
70Clive Johnson7
71Doug Suttles7
72Frank Hasenfratz7
73Geoffrey T. Martin7
74George D. Schindler7
75Gerald T. McCaughey7
76Gregory Lang7
77J. Michael Pearson7
78James Robert Shaw7
79John L. Thornton7
80Joseph C. Papa7
81Keith E. Creel7
82Michael M. Wilson7
83Miguel de la Campa7
84Pierre Karl Péladeau7
85Richard E. Waugh7
86Ronald Pantin7
87Roy Gori7
88Rupert Duchesne7
89Serafino Iacono7
90Steven W. Williams7
91Tobias Lütke7
92Asim Ghosh6
93Barry V. Perry6
94Bruce Aitken6
95Darryl White6
96Joe Natale6
97Jose Francisco Arata6
98Kevin A. Neveu6
99Michael Dilger6
100Nadir Mohamed6
101Patrick D. Daniel6
102Pierre J. Blouin6
103Randall K. Eresman6
104Randy V.J. Smallwood6
105Scott Balfour6
 Aggregate counts >961

Annual Canadian pay data is from the StatsCan data tables referenced in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) documents.
All CEO data was scraped from the CCPA pdf files.
Any errors beyond those existng in those documents are my fault.


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