Calgary Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106831027RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($76,302,618) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $77.3M in revenue and $76.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,968.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 276 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Calgary Public Library provides services to the citizens of Calgary including access to books and materials electronic resources information services other activities and to promote programs and life-long learning for children and adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $77.3M | $76.3M | $64.9M | — | $88K | $51.5M |
| 2023 | $72.4M | $73M | $62.1M | — | — | $50.4M |
| 2022 | $69.6M | $70.6M | $59.5M | — | $92K | $51M |
| 2021 | $65.2M | $66.1M | $56M | — | $91K | $51.9M |
| 2020 | $62.3M | $63M | $53.6M | — | $324K | $52.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 1 qualified donee:
- Calgary Public Library Foundation—
Received $5,968 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions276
- Total compensation, all staff$38.6M
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 Calgary Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106831027RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.