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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Rick Defoe

Elementary TeacherOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$155,983.64
▲ 54.2% since 2016

Rick Defoe was paid $155,983.64 in total compensation as Elementary Teacher at Simcoe County District School Board in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Rick Defoe has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2016, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $134,494.00 a year, up 54% over that span.

That is 30% above the average disclosed pay of $120,182.44 across 2,733 listed Simcoe County District School Board employees.

$155,983.64
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$134,494.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.2%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$91K$110K$129K$148K$166K201620182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $159,458.22
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$134,494.00
Total growth since 2016+54.2%
Biggest raise+25.2% (2024)
Biggest drop-19.4% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Elementary Teacher↑ role changed$155,983.64▼ 2.2%
2024★ Best
Manager, Software Development$159,458.22▲ 25.2%
2023
$127,353.14▲ 5.2%
2022
Manager, Software Development$121,069.23▼ 3.0%
2021
Manager, Software Development↑ role changed$124,755.32▼ 19.4%
2020
Chief Information Officer$154,870.09▲ 7.4%
2019
Chief Information Officer↑ role changed$144,232.48▲ 18.6%
2018
Manager, Software Development↑ role changed$121,585.28▲ 20.2%
2016First
Assistant Manager, Software Development$101,139.73
9 years total$1.2M total$134,494.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Elementary Teacher
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
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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