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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

David Smelow

Elementary School Teacher · Lakehead District School Board
Elementary School TeacherOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$122,895.69
▲ 15.5% since 2019

David Smelow was paid $122,895.69 in total compensation as Elementary School Teacher at Lakehead District School Board in 2025, 23% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

David Smelow has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $669K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $111,482.00 a year, up 16% over that span.

That is 0% above the average disclosed pay of $122,372.02 across 502 listed Lakehead District School Board employees.

$122,895.69
Latest compensation
in 2025
$669K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$111,482.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+15.5%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$95K$105K$116K$126K$137K201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How David Smelow's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $132,955.56
Lifetime total compensation$669K
Annual average$111,482.00
Total growth since 2019+15.5%
Biggest raise+32.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-7.6% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Elementary School Teacher$122,895.69▼ 7.6%
2024★ Best
Elementary School Teacher$132,955.56▲ 32.0%
2023
$100,747.63▼ 1.2%
2022
Elementary School Teacher$101,932.66▼ 2.0%
2021
Elementary School Teacher$103,978.99▼ 2.3%
2019First
Elementary School Teacher$106,381.18
6 years total$669K total$111,482.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Elementary School Teacher
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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