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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 17 years

Gerald Smith

Superintendent of Safe, Compassionate and Equitable Schools · Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$201,461.31
▲ 101.1% since 2009

Gerald Smith was paid $201,461.31 in total compensation as Superintendent of Safe, Compassionate and Equitable Schools at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board in 2025, 101% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Gerald Smith has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $135,941.00 a year, up 101% over that span.

That is 55% above the average disclosed pay of $130,141.79 across 3,046 listed Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board employees.

$201,461.31
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.3M
Total compensation
across 17 years
$135,941.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+101.1%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

17 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$82K$115K$148K$181K$214K20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Gerald Smith's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $201,461.31
Lifetime total compensation$2.3M
Annual average$135,941.00
Total growth since 2009+101.1%
Biggest raise+25.0% (2023)
Biggest drop-12.9% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

17 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Superintendent of Safe, Compassionate and Equitable Schools$201,461.31▲ 6.8%
2024
Superintendent of Safe, Compassionate and Equitable Schools$188,716.24▼ 3.0%
2023
$194,644.77▲ 25.0%
2022
Superintendent of Student Achievement$155,680.72▲ 11.6%
2021
Superintendent of Student Achievement↑ role changed$139,552.95▲ 7.8%
2020
Elementary Principal$129,397.21▲ 3.7%
2019
Elementary Principal$124,798.91▲ 0.9%
2018
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$123,742.01▲ 1.8%
2017
Elementary, Principal↑ role changed$121,582.83▼ 12.9%
2016
Elementary School Principal$139,513.67▲ 13.2%
2015
Elementary School Principal↑ role changed$123,253.55▲ 4.2%
2014
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$118,269.29▼ 0.2%
2013
Principal, Elementary↑ role changed$118,496.59▲ 2.5%
2012
Elementary School Principal↑ role changed$115,638.56▲ 2.3%
2011
Principal, Elementary School$112,994.11▲ 9.6%
2010
Principal, Elementary School↑ role changed$103,067.02▲ 2.9%
2009First
Elementary Principal$100,186.04
17 years total$2.3M total$135,941.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Superintendent of Safe, Compassionate and Equitable Schools
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
17

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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