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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Donald Burns

Secondary Principal · Bluewater District School Board
Secondary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$149,932.77
▲ 32.9% since 2020

Donald Burns was paid $149,932.77 in total compensation as Secondary Principal at Bluewater District School Board in 2025, 50% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Donald Burns has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $789K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $131,521.00 a year, up 33% over that span.

That is 27% above the average disclosed pay of $118,358.20 across 875 listed Bluewater District School Board employees.

$149,932.77
Latest compensation
in 2025
$789K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$131,521.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+32.9%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$104K$120K$136K$152K$168K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $161,864.14
Lifetime total compensation$789K
Annual average$131,521.00
Total growth since 2020+32.9%
Biggest raise+29.4% (2024)
Biggest drop-7.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Secondary Principal$149,932.77▼ 7.4%
2024★ Best
Secondary Principal$161,864.14▲ 29.4%
2023
$125,107.83▲ 2.3%
2022
Elementary Principal$122,248.71▲ 4.3%
2021
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$117,193.49▲ 3.9%
2020First
Secondary Vice Principal$112,781.44
6 years total$789K total$131,521.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Secondary Principal
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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