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Pay for performance: How Canada’s CEOs stack up

Our interactive tool measures CEO compensation against company performance relative to other companies in the S&P/TSX 60

Executive compensation rankings for Canada's 100 biggest companies

In Janet McFarland's annual report, find out which CEOs earned the most and how they were compensated last year

Back in the green: CEO pay jumps 13 per cent

Janet McFarland's annual report finds double-digit compensation increases at Canada’s largest public companies last year

Linking pay to performance a work in progress for Canada's boards

Different sectors value different criteria more than others

Who earned what last year, and why?

Paul Gryglewicz and Janet McFarland took questions about executive compensation in Canada

Video: Does CEO pay reflect performance?

Globe and Mail business reporter talks to Paul Gryglewicz, managing partner at Global Governance Advisors

Video: How do companies determine CEO pay?

Globe and Mail business reporter talks to Paul Gryglewicz, managing partner at Global Governance Advisors

Is CEO pay a runaway train?

Globe and Mail business reporter talks to Paul Gryglewicz, managing partner at Global Governance Advisors

Meet Canada's highest paid CEOs

The economic downturn was a distant memory by 2010 for Canada’s top CEOs, at least as far as their pay packages were concerned

Which CEOs earned the biggest bonuses?

The average bonus handed out to Canadian CEOs last year was $1.6-million, up 21 per cent from a year earlier

Meet the CEOs with Canada's biggest pensions

While pension costs account for a modest part of the overall pay package for the average CEO, they soared in 2010 as interest rates fell

About Report on Executive Compensation

Every year, The Globe and Mail’s Janet McFarland prepares a report on executive compensation in Canada and identifies trends in CEO pay practices. In 2010, CEOs at Canada’s 100 largest companies saw their compensation jump 13 per cent, led higher by a 20-per-cent increase in annual cash bonuses. Base salaries climbed 4 per cent.

Vote: How should we pay our CEOs?

Should CEO pay in Canada be tied directly to performance?