Elementary School Principal Salary in Ontario (2025)
42,320 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly School Boards (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
2,310
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$166,399
+36.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$161,283–$173,950
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$210,425
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto District School Board | 470 | $174,820 | $205,839 |
| York Region District School Board | 207 | $173,950 | $199,182 |
| Toronto Catholic District School Board | 165 | $172,684 | $190,388 |
| Durham District School Board | 120 | $151,095 | $166,266 |
| Waterloo Region District School Board | 108 | $161,743 | $182,091 |
| Halton District School Board | 92 | $167,168 | $183,978 |
| Simcoe County District School Board | 92 | $162,767 | $191,231 |
| York Catholic District School Board | 91 | $175,983 | $186,246 |
| District School Board of Niagara | 81 | $165,157 | $169,157 |
| Hamilton-wentworth District School Board | 80 | $176,815 | $190,124 |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board | 76 | $161,838 | $174,120 |
| Upper Grand District School Board | 66 | $165,260 | $185,163 |
| Upper Canada District School Board | 62 | $165,128 | $196,055 |
| Greater Essex County District School Board | 54 | $161,169 | $174,659 |
| Halton Catholic District School Board | 48 | $167,382 | $178,860 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheena Paul | Durham Catholic District School Board | Elementary Principal | $210,425 | $211,826 |
| 2 | Beatrice Chen | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Elementary | $205,839 | $205,839 |
| 3 | Ahmed Omar | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Elementary | $199,717 | $199,717 |
| 4 | Melissa Murray | York Region District School Board | Elementary Principal | $199,182 | $199,182 |
| 5 | Heather Van De Glind | Upper Canada District School Board | Elementary Principal | $196,055 | $196,055 |
| 6 | Kadri Jessop | Simcoe County District School Board | Elementary Principal | $191,231 | $191,231 |
| 7 | Kevin Kerr | Toronto Catholic District School Board | Principal – Elementary | $190,388 | $190,490 |
| 8 | Kimberly Chute | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board | Elementary Principal | $190,124 | $190,124 |
| 9 | Colleen Hayward | Toronto Catholic District School Board | Principal – Elementary | $188,867 | $188,967 |
| 10 | Jamaal Fyffe | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Elementary | $188,159 | $188,159 |
By Year
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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. Last updated 2026-09-06.