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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 14 years

Denise Nickerson

System LeadOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$169,616.98
▲ 62.4% since 2009

Denise Nickerson was paid $169,616.98 in total compensation as System Lead at Durham District School Board in 2025, 70% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Denise Nickerson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2009, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $131,916.00 a year, up 62% over that span.

That is 42% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$169,616.98
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 14 years
$131,916.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+62.4%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

14 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$91K$115K$138K$162K$185K20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Denise Nickerson's total compensation has moved across 14 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $176,372.90
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$131,916.00
Total growth since 2009+62.4%
Biggest raise+24.2% (2023)
Biggest drop-9.0% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

14 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
System Lead$169,616.98▼ 3.8%
2024★ Best
System Lead$176,372.90▲ 11.9%
2023
$157,569.44▲ 24.2%
2019
Elementary Principal$126,905.67▲ 2.5%
2018
Elementary Principal$123,868.22▼ 2.8%
2017
Elementary Principal$127,387.10▼ 9.0%
2016
Elementary Principal$139,989.26▲ 6.4%
2015
Elementary Principal$131,596.79▲ 2.6%
2014
Elementary Principal$128,254.65▲ 2.1%
2013
Elementary Principal$125,631.77▲ 2.2%
2012
Elementary Principal$122,878.65▲ 15.1%
2011
Elementary Principal$106,744.19▲ 1.1%
2010
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$105,581.75▲ 1.1%
2009First
Elementary Vice Principal$104,427.29
14 years total$1.8M total$131,916.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
System Lead
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
14

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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