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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 7 years

Catherine Best

Elementary Principal · Simcoe County District School Board
Elementary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2016
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$121,781.17
▲ 1.9% since 2016

Catherine Best was paid $121,781.17 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Simcoe County District School Board in 2022, 22% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Catherine Best has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2016, earning $794K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $113,493.00 a year, up 2% over that span.

That is 1% above the average disclosed pay of $120,182.44 across 2,733 listed Simcoe County District School Board employees.

$121,781.17
Latest compensation
in 2022
$794K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$113,493.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+1.9%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$97K$104K$111K$118K$124K2016201720182019202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Catherine Best's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $121,781.17
Lifetime total compensation$794K
Annual average$113,493.00
Total growth since 2016+1.9%
Biggest raise+7.9% (2018)
Biggest drop-15.3% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest★ Best
Elementary Principal$121,781.17▲ 4.5%
2021
Elementary Principal$116,532.15▲ 4.0%
2020
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$112,091.99▼ 1.9%
2019
Elementary Vice-Principal$114,261.06▲ 4.7%
2018
Elementary Vice-Principal$109,174.42▲ 7.9%
2017
Elementary Vice-Principal$101,140.76▼ 15.3%
2016First
Elementary Vice-Principal$119,466.77
7 years total$794K total$113,493.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Elementary Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
7

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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