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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Melanie Barkell

PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$172,553.60
▲ 57.5% since 2017

Melanie Barkell was paid $172,553.60 in total compensation as Principal at Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board in 2025, 73% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melanie Barkell has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,803.00 a year, up 58% over that span.

That is 41% above the average disclosed pay of $122,338.48 across 1,095 listed Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board employees.

$172,553.60
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$132,803.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+57.5%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$119K$139K$160K$180K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $172,553.60
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$132,803.00
Total growth since 2017+57.5%
Biggest raise+21.7% (2024)
Biggest drop-2.2% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal$172,553.60▲ 7.7%
2024
Principal$160,147.08▲ 21.7%
2023
$131,620.68▼ 2.2%
2022
Elementary School Principal$134,628.26▲ 7.1%
2021
Elementary School Principal$125,712.81▼ 0.8%
2020
Elementary School Principal$126,692.01▲ 4.2%
2019
Elementary School Principal↑ role changed$121,556.63▲ 7.8%
2018
Elementary School Vice Principal$112,762.46▲ 2.9%
2017First
Elementary School Vice Principal$109,556.31
9 years total$1.2M total$132,803.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
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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