Bay ST Lawrence Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · ST Margaret Village, Nova Scotia · BN 893769869RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,729) as filed with the CRA.
Bay ST Lawrence Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in ST Margaret Village, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $152K in revenue and $75K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $315.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $79K in 2020 to $152K in 2024.
In its own words
(1) maintain our firestation trucks equipment. (2) organize training for fire fighters first responders. (3) support & promote healthy activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $152K | $75K | $54K | $4,853 | — | $549K |
| 2022 | $108K | $80K | $58K | $3,861 | — | $410K |
| 2021 | $101K | $117K | $75K | $2,819 | — | $379K |
| 2020 | $79K | $59K | $51K | — | — | $336K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $315 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$4,762
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bay ST Lawrence Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893769869RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.