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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 12 years

Heather Downey

Secondary Principal · Rainbow District School Board
Secondary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2011
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$167,711.63
▲ 58.7% since 2011

Heather Downey was paid $167,711.63 in total compensation as Secondary Principal at Rainbow District School Board in 2025, 68% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Heather Downey has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2011, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $123,571.00 a year, up 59% over that span.

That is 39% above the average disclosed pay of $120,313.79 across 810 listed Rainbow District School Board employees.

$167,711.63
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$123,571.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+58.7%
Career growth
since 2011
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$115K$136K$158K$179K201120122013201420152016201720182019202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Heather Downey's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $171,232.29
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$123,571.00
Total growth since 2011+58.7%
Biggest raise+28.2% (2024)
Biggest drop-2.7% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Secondary Principal$167,711.63▼ 2.1%
2024★ Best
Secondary Principal$171,232.29▲ 28.2%
2023
$133,559.75▲ 15.5%
2019
Secondary Principal↑ role changed$115,673.06▼ 2.7%
2018
Secondary Vice Principal$118,912.56▲ 4.1%
2017
Secondary Vice Principal$114,225.37▲ 1.2%
2016
Secondary Vice Principal$112,910.75▼ 2.3%
2015
Secondary Vice Principal$115,587.43▲ 5.5%
2014
Secondary Vice Principal$109,510.77▲ 0.6%
2013
Secondary Vice Principal$108,906.81▼ 0.1%
2012
Secondary Vice Principal$108,966.99▲ 3.1%
2011First
Secondary Vice Principal$105,650.40
12 years total$1.5M total$123,571.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Secondary Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
12

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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