Department Head Salary in Ontario (2025)
8,897 disclosed records, 2003–2025 · mostly School Boards (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
580
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$125,129
+2.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$124,242–$129,143
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$148,795
Who is the highest-paid Department Head in Ontario?
The highest-paid Department Head on the 2025 Sunshine List was Fortunata Racco at York Catholic District School Board, with a salary of $148,795; the median among the 580 listed under this title was $125,129.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Department Head paid the 2025 median of $125,129 would take home roughly $89,794 after federal and Ontario income tax — about $7,483 a month, an effective rate of about 23.8%. 580 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Department Head salaries ran from $124,242 to $129,143. After pension contributions (probably OTPP for teachers or OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$89,794
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,483
Where does $125,129 rank on the Sunshine List? →
Estimate only: 2025 federal and Ontario rates, basic personal amounts, Canada employment amount and CPP/EI credits; single, employment income only, salary treated as full-year income. Ignores pension contributions (OMERS, HOOPP, OTPP, OPTrust and similar plans lower actual take-home), union dues, RRSPs and benefits.
Median by Year
2005–2025
Median salary paid among disclosed records. 2023 is absent: job titles were not disclosed that year. Years with fewer than five people are omitted.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Catholic District School Board | 196 | $125,129 | $148,795 | Pay here → |
| Ottawa Catholic School Board | 159 | $129,143 | $137,537 | Pay here → |
| Halton District School Board | 143 | $124,442 | $143,122 | Pay here → |
| Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board | 82 | $124,242 | $141,464 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunata Racco | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $148,795 | $148,897 |
| 2 | Lucy Araujo | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $147,620 | $147,722 |
| 3 | Josi Correia | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $143,350 | $143,452 |
| 4 | Denise Spring | Halton District School Board | Department Head Secondary | $143,122 | $143,122 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Hargot | Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $141,464 | $141,566 |
| 6 | Germaine Falzone | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $141,196 | $141,298 |
| 7 | Adriano Parravani | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $140,802 | $140,904 |
| 8 | Erin Collins Fitchett | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $140,248 | $140,351 |
| 9 | Valerio Sorgini | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $139,039 | $139,141 |
| 10 | Brian Lam | York Catholic District School Board | Secondary Teacher Department Head | $137,908 | $138,010 |
By Year
Related Positions
About these figures
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure (the “Sunshine List”), which names every public-sector employee paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Figures are disclosed salaries, not market compensation: anyone in this position earning under $100,000 does not appear, so medians here sit above the true median for the job.
Medians and percentiles use salary paid (benefits excluded), computed over records whose filed job title was normalized into this position. Titles are as each employer filed them; spellings, word order and bilingual forms are merged. Employers and years with fewer than five people show counts only. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.