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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Judy Merkel

Superintendent of Learning · Waterloo Catholic District School Board
Superintendent of LearningOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$202,492.88
▲ 19.4% since 2018

Judy Merkel was paid $202,492.88 in total compensation as Superintendent of Learning at Waterloo Catholic District School Board in 2025, 102% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Judy Merkel has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $181,997.00 a year, up 19% over that span.

That is 68% above the average disclosed pay of $120,660.88 across 1,314 listed Waterloo Catholic District School Board employees.

$202,492.88
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$181,997.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+19.4%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$164K$174K$185K$196K$206K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $202,492.88
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$181,997.00
Total growth since 2018+19.4%
Biggest raise+12.3% (2024)
Biggest drop-3.6% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Superintendent of Learning$202,492.88▲ 0.9%
2024
Superintendent of Learning$200,733.00▲ 12.3%
2023
$178,750.00▼ 0.2%
2022
Superintendent of Learning$179,096.14▲ 2.7%
2021
Superintendent of Learning$174,461.58▼ 3.6%
2020
Superintendent of Learning$180,923.12▲ 6.5%
2019
Superintendent of Learning$169,938.50▲ 0.2%
2018First
Superintendent of Learning$169,584.56
8 years total$1.5M total$181,997.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Superintendent of Learning
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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