Bytown Railway Society Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118822261RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,304) as filed with the CRA.
Bytown Railway Society Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $104K in revenue and $116K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,021.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
DOCUMENTING RAILWAY HISTORY IN CANADA THROUGH OUR BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 'BRANCHLINE' AND OUR ANNUAL 'CANADIAN TRACKSIDE GUIDE' WHICH PROVIDES MANY DETAILS ABOUT ALL CANADIAN RAILWAY OPERATIONS THEIR EQUIPMENT PRESERVED RAILWAY EQUIPMENT PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES AND MORE. THE BYTOWN RAILWAY SOCIETY OWNS MAINTAIN AND RESTORES ITS OWN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT LOCATED AT THE CANADA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM (CSTM). The Bytown Railway Society PARTNERS WITH the CSTM PROVIDING THEM with OUR EXPERTISE IN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS ASSISTING THEM WITH THE RESTORATION OF ITEMS IN THEIR COLLECTION a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $104K | $116K | $105K | — | — | $989K |
| 2023 | $91K | $87K | $79K | — | — | $996K |
| 2022 | $81K | $100K | $90K | — | — | $997K |
| 2021 | $89K | $86K | $77K | — | — | $961K |
| 2020 | $72K | $65K | $62K | — | — | $962K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,021 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Den Jakupi (president); David Stremes (treasurer); Jack Loucks (director); Felicity Harrison (secretary); Norm Kummer (director); Malcolm Vant (director); Sharon Babaian (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bytown Railway Society Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118822261RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.