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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Tara Macdonald

PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$164,687.34
▲ 60.7% since 2017

Tara Macdonald was paid $164,687.34 in total compensation as Principal at Thames Valley District School Board in 2025, 65% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Tara Macdonald has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $124,491.00 a year, up 61% over that span.

That is 38% above the average disclosed pay of $119,111.83 across 4,186 listed Thames Valley District School Board employees.

$164,687.34
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$124,491.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+60.7%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$91K$111K$132K$152K$172K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $164,687.34
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$124,491.00
Total growth since 2017+60.7%
Biggest raise+24.7% (2024)
Biggest drop-5.8% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal$164,687.34▲ 6.4%
2024
Principal$154,841.63▲ 24.7%
2023
$124,163.63▲ 1.1%
2022
Elementary Principal$122,759.88▲ 7.6%
2021
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$114,118.28▼ 5.8%
2020
Elementary Vice Principal$121,170.32▲ 8.9%
2019
Elementary Vice Principal$111,297.16▲ 6.1%
2018
Elementary Vice Principal$104,905.62▲ 2.4%
2017First
Elementary Vice Principal$102,478.25
9 years total$1.1M total$124,491.00 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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