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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Melanie Buddle

Principal, College · Trent University
Principal, CollegeOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$133,173.19
▲ 17.6% since 2020

Melanie Buddle was paid $133,173.19 in total compensation as Principal, College at Trent University in 2025, 33% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melanie Buddle has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $714K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $118,929.00 a year, up 18% over that span.

That is 14% below the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.

$133,173.19
Latest compensation
in 2025
$714K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$118,929.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+17.6%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$97K$108K$119K$130K$141K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melanie Buddle's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $137,229.78
Lifetime total compensation$714K
Annual average$118,929.00
Total growth since 2020+17.6%
Biggest raise+19.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-8.9% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Principal, College$133,173.19▼ 3.0%
2024★ Best
Principal, College$137,229.78▲ 19.9%
2023
$114,415.56▲ 1.8%
2022
Principal, College$112,406.73▲ 9.0%
2021
Principal, College$103,120.14▼ 8.9%
2020First
Principal, College$113,230.23
6 years total$714K total$118,929.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Principal, College
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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