Ontario’s English public elementary and high school teachers will receive nearly 12 per cent in wage increases over a four-year contract, an arbitrator ruled on Wednesday.
The province reached deals on new contracts with all its teachers’ unions in recent months, but all parties agreed that compensation would be decided by a third-party arbitrator.
In a decision released on Wednesday, arbitrator William Kaplan awarded salary increases of 11.25 per cent over the four-year term that began in the 2022-23 school year – an 11.73 per cent increase when compounded over the four years.
This represents increases of 3 per cent for the 2022-23 academic year, 3 per cent for 2023-24, 2.75 per cent for 2024-25 and 2.5 per cent for 2025-26.