Secondary School Principal Salary in Ontario (2025)
10,425 disclosed records, 2001–2025 · mostly School Boards (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
526
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$172,928
+41.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$163,511–$179,224
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$215,228
Who is the highest-paid Secondary School Principal in Ontario?
The highest-paid Secondary School Principal on the 2025 Sunshine List was Jonathan Procter at Greater Essex County District School Board, with a salary of $215,228; the median among the 526 listed under this title was $172,928.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Secondary School Principal paid the 2025 median of $172,928 would take home roughly $116,502 after federal and Ontario income tax — about $9,709 a month, an effective rate of about 29.4%. The 2025 list carries 526 people filed as Secondary School Principal. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 41% above it. After pension contributions (probably OTPP for teachers or OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$116,502
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,709
Where does $172,928 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto District School Board | 92 | $178,646 | $212,082 |
| York Region District School Board | 45 | $175,332 | $190,434 |
| Toronto Catholic District School Board | 36 | $179,149 | $199,072 |
| Upper Canada District School Board | 24 | $171,557 | $180,304 |
| Durham District School Board | 22 | $158,409 | $176,212 |
| Halton District School Board | 21 | $181,446 | $197,854 |
| Waterloo Region District School Board | 21 | $163,351 | $176,969 |
| District School Board of Niagara | 20 | $179,224 | $188,510 |
| Greater Essex County District School Board | 19 | $170,059 | $215,228 |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board | 19 | $169,217 | $195,484 |
| York Catholic District School Board | 18 | $178,658 | $191,421 |
| Simcoe County District School Board | 17 | $173,574 | $179,159 |
| Upper Grand District School Board | 16 | $175,714 | $183,392 |
| Hamilton-wentworth District School Board | 14 | $187,524 | $197,209 |
| London District Catholic School Board | 13 | $176,666 | $176,883 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Procter | Greater Essex County District School Board | Principal – Secondary | $215,228 | $215,330 |
| 2 | Saraya Elwin | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Secondary | $212,082 | $212,082 |
| 3 | Margaret Aitchison | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Secondary | $207,577 | $219,758 |
| 4 | Arnold Witt | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Secondary | $205,270 | $205,270 |
| 5 | Donald Drummond | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Secondary | $203,389 | $203,389 |
| 6 | Alisa Cashore | Toronto District School Board | Principal, Secondary | $201,349 | $201,349 |
| 7 | Francesco Malfitano | Toronto Catholic District School Board | Principal – Secondary | $199,072 | $199,160 |
| 8 | Brent Coakwell | Halton District School Board | Secondary Principal | $197,854 | $198,124 |
| 9 | James Tanchez | Toronto Catholic District School Board | Principal – Secondary | $197,399 | $197,501 |
| 10 | David Schroeder | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board | Secondary Principal | $197,209 | $197,209 |
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.