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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Karen Lowhar

Elementary Principal · Durham District School Board
Elementary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$135,615.57
▲ 20.9% since 2020

Karen Lowhar was paid $135,615.57 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Durham District School Board in 2025, 36% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Lowhar has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $745K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $124,209.00 a year, up 21% over that span.

That is 14% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$135,615.57
Latest compensation
in 2025
$745K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$124,209.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+20.9%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$97K$111K$125K$139K$153K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $148,042.77
Lifetime total compensation$745K
Annual average$124,209.00
Total growth since 2020+20.9%
Biggest raise+13.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-8.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Elementary Principal$135,615.57▼ 8.4%
2024★ Best
Elementary Principal$148,042.77▲ 13.9%
2023
$129,959.34▲ 13.5%
2022
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$114,533.34▲ 9.2%
2021
Elementary Vice Principal↑ role changed$104,894.32▼ 6.5%
2020First
Elementary Teacher$112,209.48
6 years total$745K total$124,209.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Elementary 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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