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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Tara Paterson

Elementary Principal · Durham District School Board
Elementary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$155,966.10
▲ 54.5% since 2013

Tara Paterson was paid $155,966.10 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Durham District School Board in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Tara Paterson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2013, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $125,292.00 a year, up 55% over that span.

That is 31% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$155,966.10
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$125,292.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.5%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$90K$110K$130K$150K$169K201320152016201720182019202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Tara Paterson's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $162,065.89
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$125,292.00
Total growth since 2013+54.5%
Biggest raise+18.2% (2023)
Biggest drop-3.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Elementary Principal$155,966.10▼ 3.8%
2024★ Best
Elementary Principal$162,065.89▲ 10.9%
2023
$146,104.90▲ 18.2%
2019
Elementary Principal$123,633.16▲ 6.6%
2018
Elementary Principal$116,003.92▲ 4.1%
2017
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$111,482.97▲ 2.6%
2016
Elementary Vice Principal$108,637.70▲ 5.7%
2015
Elementary Vice Principal$102,804.90▲ 1.9%
2013First
Elementary Vice Principal$100,924.13
9 years total$1.1M total$125,292.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Elementary Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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