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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Leigh Thornton

Principal, Secondary · Toronto District School Board
Principal, SecondaryOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$174,820.38
▲ 13.7% since 2018

Leigh Thornton was paid $174,820.38 in total compensation as Principal, Secondary at Toronto District School Board in 2025, 75% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Leigh Thornton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $136,684.00 a year, up 14% over that span.

That is 38% above the average disclosed pay of $126,653.61 across 14,085 listed Toronto District School Board employees.

$174,820.38
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$136,684.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+13.7%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$120K$141K$162K$182K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Leigh Thornton's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $174,820.38
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$136,684.00
Total growth since 2018+13.7%
Biggest raise+26.2% (2024)
Biggest drop-27.8% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal, Secondary$174,820.38▲ 7.5%
2024
Principal, Secondary$162,639.80▲ 26.2%
2023
$128,867.37▲ 2.1%
2022
Principal Secondary↑ role changed$126,177.97▲ 6.4%
2021
Vice Principal Secondary$118,552.71▲ 0.8%
2020
Vice Principal Secondary↑ role changed$117,669.03▲ 6.0%
2019
Vice-Principal, Secondary$111,040.59▼ 27.8%
2018First
Vice-Principal, Secondary$153,701.69
8 years total$1.1M total$136,684.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Principal, Secondary
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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