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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Kali Bernst

PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$155,882.30
▲ 46.3% since 2016

Kali Bernst was paid $155,882.30 in total compensation as Principal at Lakehead District School Board in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kali Bernst has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2016, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $127,180.00 a year, up 46% over that span.

That is 27% above the average disclosed pay of $122,372.02 across 502 listed Lakehead District School Board employees.

$155,882.30
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$127,180.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+46.3%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$115K$133K$151K$169K2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Kali Bernst's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $162,662.75
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$127,180.00
Total growth since 2016+46.3%
Biggest raise+24.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-4.2% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Principal$155,882.30▼ 4.2%
2024★ Best
Principal$162,662.75▲ 24.8%
2023
$130,331.52▼ 0.1%
2022
Principal$130,498.70▲ 5.4%
2021
Principal$123,864.91▲ 2.0%
2020
Principal$121,397.98▲ 3.2%
2019
Principal$117,646.54▲ 2.7%
2018
Principal↑ role changed$114,518.40▲ 5.6%
2017
Acting Principal↑ role changed$108,430.38▲ 1.8%
2016First
Vice Principal$106,564.11
10 years total$1.3M total$127,180.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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