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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Richard Meraska

Elementary Principal · Simcoe County District School Board
Elementary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$158,000.06
▲ 52.5% since 2017

Richard Meraska was paid $158,000.06 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Simcoe County District School Board in 2025, 58% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Richard Meraska has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $124,393.00 a year, up 52% over that span.

That is 31% above the average disclosed pay of $120,182.44 across 2,733 listed Simcoe County District School Board employees.

$158,000.06
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$124,393.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+52.5%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$112K$129K$147K$165K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $158,000.06
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$124,393.00
Total growth since 2017+52.5%
Biggest raise+22.6% (2024)
Biggest drop-0.1% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Elementary Principal$158,000.06▲ 2.3%
2024
Elementary Principal$154,398.79▲ 22.6%
2023
$125,985.59▼ 0.1%
2022
Elementary Principal$126,130.86▲ 6.6%
2021
Elementary Principal$118,266.83▲ 1.5%
2020
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$116,536.26▲ 5.2%
2019
Elementary Vice-Principal$110,778.52▲ 4.7%
2018
Elementary Vice-Principal$105,799.52▲ 2.1%
2017First
Elementary Vice-Principal$103,636.12
9 years total$1.1M total$124,393.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Elementary Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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