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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Christopher Schlei

Principal/ElementaryOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$162,306.34
▲ 59.5% since 2019

Christopher Schlei was paid $162,306.34 in total compensation as Principal/Elementary at Waterloo Region District School Board in 2025, 62% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Schlei has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $876K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $125,139.00 a year, up 60% over that span.

That is 37% above the average disclosed pay of $118,516.90 across 3,302 listed Waterloo Region District School Board employees.

$162,306.34
Latest compensation
in 2025
$876K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$125,139.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+59.5%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$91K$111K$130K$150K$170K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Schlei's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $162,306.34
Lifetime total compensation$876K
Annual average$125,139.00
Total growth since 2019+59.5%
Biggest raise+31.6% (2024)
Biggest drop-7.9% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal/Elementary$162,306.34▲ 7.5%
2024
Principal/Elementary$150,981.96▲ 31.6%
2023
$114,707.97▲ 0.0%
2022
Vice Principal/Elementary$114,701.51▲ 3.3%
2021
Vice Principal/Elementary$111,004.81▼ 7.9%
2020
Vice Principal/Elementary$120,536.69▲ 18.5%
2019First
Vice Principal/Elementary$101,732.50
7 years total$876K total$125,139.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Principal/Elementary
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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