Schedule a

Salaries for Judges of the Ontario Court of Justice

  1. Subject to Section 10, for service on and after the 1st day of April, 2017, the annual salary of a judge who is sitting full-time shall be the salary in this section commensurate with the judicial rank of the judge at the time the service is rendered, adjusted in accordance with sections 3 to 9 as applicable.
    1. For judges appointed as a regional senior judge, Associate Chief Justice or Chief Justice before November 12, 2013:
      Regional Senior JudgeAssociate Chief Justice;Chief Justice
      $315,300$322,800$327,800
    2. For judges who are appointed as a regional senior judge, Senior Advisory Family Judge, Associate Chief Justice or Chief Justice on or after November 12, 2013,
      Regional Senior Judge
      and Senior Advisory Family Judge      		Associate Chief Justice;Chief Justice
      $300,329$307,829$312,829
    3. For provincial judges, the annual salary is $292,829.
  2. The salaries set out in section 1 in respect of service from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 include the adjustment required by section 45 of Appendix A of the Framework Agreement set out as a Schedule to the Courts of Justice Act.
  3. In respect of service on and after April 1, 2018, the salary of a provincial judge set out in subsection 1(3) shall be adjusted annually as required by section 45 of Appendix A of the Framework Agreement set out as a Schedule to the Courts of Justice Act.
  4. In respect of service from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2022, the annual salary of a provincial judge set out in subsection 1(3), following the adjustment in Section 3, shall also be increased to align with a percentage of the salary rate of judges of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice set out in Part I of the Judges Act (Canada), R.S.C., 1985, c. J-1, (“Superior Court Judge salary rate”) as follows:
    1. From April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, to equal 93.47% of the Superior Court Judge salary rate for that period;
    2. From April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020, to equal 94.07% of the Superior Court Judge salary rate for that period;
    3. From April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, to equal 94.67% of the Superior Court Judge salary rate for that period; and
    4. From April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, to equal 95.27% of the Superior Court Judge salary rate for that period.
  5. For clarity, the Superior Court Judge salary rate for a period includes the annual adjustment required under Section 25 of the Judges Act (Canada) as well as any increases that may apply to the Superior Court Judge salary rate in respect of the period, even if the increases take effect after the period.
    1. For judges who were appointed as regional senior judges before November 12, 2013, their salaries shall be adjusted to preserve a 9.65% differential between the salary of a regional senior judge and the salary of a provincial judge for each year, except that in no case shall the salary of the regional senior judge salary exceed the salary of a federally appointed Superior Court judge.
    2. For judges who are appointed as regional senior judges on or after November 12, 2013, and for the Senior Advisory Family Judge their salaries shall be adjusted to preserve a seven thousand, five hundred dollar ($7,500) differential between the salary of a regional senior judge and the salary of a provincial judge for each year, except that in no case shall the salary of the regional senior judge or Senior Advisory Family Judge exceed the salary of a federally appointed Superior Court judge.
    1. For judges who were appointed as Associate Chief Justices before November 12, 2013, their salaries shall be adjusted to preserve a seven thousand, five hundred dollar ($7,500) differential between the salary of an Associate Chief Justice and the salary of a regional senior judge determined pursuant to subsection 6 (1) for each year.
    2. For judges who are appointed as Associate Chief Justices on or after November 12, 2013, their salaries shall be adjusted to preserve a seven thousand, five hundred dollar ($7,500) differential between the salary of an Associate Chief Justice and the salary of a regional senior judge determined pursuant to subsection 6 (2) for each year.
    1. For judges who were appointed as Chief Justices before November 12, 2013, their salaries shall be adjusted to preserve a twelve thousand, five hundred dollar ($12,500) differential between the salary of a Chief Justice and the salary of a regional senior judge determined pursuant to subsection 6 (1) for each year.
    2. For judges who are appointed as Chief Justices on or after November 12, 2013, their salaries shall be adjusted to preserve a twelve thousand, five hundred dollar ($12,500) differential between the salary of a Chief Justice and the salary of a regional senior judge determined pursuant to subsection 6 (2) for each year.
  9. Despite subsections 6(2),7(2) and 8(2), if a judge was appointed as a regional senior judge or an Associate Chief Justice before November 12, 2013 and is subsequently appointed as a regional senior judge, the Senior Advisory Family Judge, an Associate Chief Justice or a Chief Justice on or after November 12, 2013, that judge’s salary in respect of the subsequent appointment shall be determined pursuant to subsection 6(1), 7(1) or 8(1) as the case may be.
  10. A Chief Justice, Associate Chief Justice, regional senior judge or Senior Advisory Family Judge whose term expires and who is sitting full-time is entitled to receive the following annual salary:
    1. For the purposes of this section, in determining the salary of a judge in accordance with the method set out in sections 6, 7or 8 , the reference to the salary of a provincial judge shall be read as a reference to the salary set out in subsection 1 (3) ($292,829) as adjusted by Section 3 but with no other increases.
      1. If his or her term began before November 12, 2013, the greater of the current annual salary of a provincial judge and the annual salary of a judge of the same office determined in accordance with the method for determining those salaries as set out in subsections 6(1), 7(1), and 8(1) of this Schedule.
      2. If his or her term began on or after November 12, 2013,
        1. for the three months immediately following the expiry of the term, the greater of the current annual salary of a provincial judge and the annual salary of a judge of the same office determined in accordance with the method for determining those salaries as set out in subsections 6(2), 7(2), and 8(2) of this Schedule; and
        2. thereafter, the current annual salary of a provincial judge.
      3. Despite clause (2) (b), if the judge was appointed as a regional senior judge or an Associate Chief Justice before November 12, 2013 and was then subsequently appointed as a regional senior judge, the Senior Advisory Family Judge, an Associate Chief Justice or a Chief Justice on or after November 12, 2013, the greater of the current annual salary of a provincial judge and the annual salary of a judge of the same office as the subsequent appointment determined in accordance with the method for determining those salaries as set out in subsections 6(1), 7(1), and 8(1) of this Schedule.
    1. A judge who is serving on a part-time basis shall be paid for each day of service an amount equal to the annual salary of a full-time judge of the same judicial rank divided by 209.
    2. For the purposes of subsection (1), the “annual salary of a full-time judge of the same judicial rank” in the case of a judge who is serving on a part-time basis after his or her term as Chief Justice, Associate Chief Justice, regional senior judge or the Senior Advisory Family Judge expires is the salary to which the judge would be entitled under section 10, if he or she were serving on a full-time basis.

Order in Council 1273/2018