Blue Fish Canada/Poisson Bleu Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 827770686RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($67,375) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Fish Canada/Poisson Bleu Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $183K in revenue and $67K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Blue Fish Canada continues to provide a blend of in-person and virtual programming. Programs such as Get Ready for Fishing outcomes are directed at informing inspiring and engaging youth their families and mentors to sustainably reconnect with nature and to become stewards of nature. BFC stewardship resource materials and training sessions have directly reached over 750 youth and 2 500 families and mentors. On-line program delivery (newsletters podcasts seminars live social media streams TV articles blogs and videos) reach on average 10 000 beneficiaries each month. Leading the Grea…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $183K | $67K | $65K | $0 | $0 | $105K |
| 2023 | $27K | $36K | $36K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $9,925 | $12K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $182 | $8,433 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | $3,983 | $3,983 | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$3,882
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Euteneier (president); Thomas Weegar (chair); Anne-Michele Melrose (administrateur); Ian McLeod (dir of communications); Douglas Laurie-Lean (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Fish Canada/Poisson Bleu Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827770686RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.