Principal (level not specified) Salary in Ontario (2025)
32,870 disclosed records, 1998–2025 · mostly School Boards (99%)
Records filed simply as “Principal (level not specified)”, without a level or specialty. For level-specific figures see Vice-Principal (level not specified).
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
2,012
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$165,678
+35.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$153,262–$172,964
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$209,322
Who is the highest-paid Principal (level not specified) in Ontario?
The highest-paid Principal (level not specified) on the 2025 Sunshine List was Renee Shave at Thames Valley District School Board, with a salary of $209,322; the median among the 2,012 listed under this title was $165,678.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $165,678, a Principal (level not specified) keeps roughly $112,514 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 28.8% effective), or about $9,376 a month. The middle half of Principal (level not specified) salaries ran from $153,262 to $172,964. The 2025 list carries 2,012 people filed as Principal (level not specified). After pension contributions (probably OTPP for teachers or OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$112,514
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,376
Where does $165,678 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+
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renee Shave | Thames Valley District School Board | Principal | $209,322 | $210,522 |
| 2 | Laurie Kavanagh | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | Principal | $201,145 | $201,145 |
| 3 | Jennifer Prichett | Ottawa Catholic School Board | Principal | $198,911 | $199,014 |
| 4 | Sara Tielli Mitchell | Peel District School Board | Principal | $198,812 | $200,837 |
| 5 | Margarita Ziroldo | Ottawa Catholic School Board | Principal | $197,611 | $197,713 |
| 6 | Linda Rodenburg | Lakehead University | Principal | $195,600 | $196,818 |
| 7 | Jane Conrod | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | Principal | $195,405 | $195,405 |
| 8 | Dahlia Jacquiline Battick | Peel District School Board | Principal | $195,000 | $197,025 |
| 9 | Kristina Zammit | Peel District School Board | Principal | $192,916 | $194,941 |
| 10 | Emily Pope | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | Principal | $192,639 | $192,639 |
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.