Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department
Charitable organization · Baddeck, Nova Scotia · BN 118798180RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($111,426) as filed with the CRA.
Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $204K in revenue and $111K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 44% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,719.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $2,600 in 2024, the largest being $1,100 to Baddeck Lions Club. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department provides fire and rescue services within the village of Baddeck and surrounding areas (including well-travelled areas of the Trans Canada Highway and Cabot Trail). We own a community centre building which presently houses a day care food bank gym and provides meeting space of sea cadets. Our volunteers also assist with various local events including parades sporting events fireworks displays and public fire education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $204K | $111K | $109K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $284K | $108K | $105K | $1,250 | $2,200 | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $130K | $82K | — | — | $1,804 | $850K |
| 2021 | $87K | $99K | — | — | $1,518 | $807K |
| 2020 | $141K | $105K | — | — | $300 | $847K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,600 to 3 qualified donees:
- Baddeck Lions Club$1,100
- Cape Breton Firefighters' Burn CARE Society$1,000
- Victoria County Memorial Hospital Charitable Foundation$500
Received $1,719 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Buchanan (fire chief); Derek MacFarlane (deputy fire chief); Harvey McFadgen (lieutenant truck 4); Angus Hugh Munroe (captain truck 1); Sandy Watling (lieutenant truck 1); Jonathan MacLean (lieutenant truck 2); Scott Williamson (captain truck 3); Matthew Sampson (captain truck 4); Alisha Hosein (secretary captain); Joshua Green (lieutenant truck 3); Richard Miller (lieutenant truck 4); James Stephens (treasurer captain).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118798180RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.