Camosun College
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118826494RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($171,746,568) as filed with the CRA.
Camosun College is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $174.1M in revenue and $171.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,165 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Camosun College is a comprehensive public post-secondary institution providing the community with access to knowledge and skills that are relevant to future economic and social development in the region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $174.1M | $171.7M | $164.5M | $164.5M | $0 | $14.4M |
| 2023 | $155.4M | $154.3M | $147.7M | — | $0 | $12.1M |
| 2022 | $142.8M | $147.4M | $141.3M | — | — | $11.5M |
| 2021 | $133.1M | $140.8M | $135.6M | — | — | $16.2M |
| 2020 | $147.6M | $147.3M | $139.8M | — | — | $23.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $104K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,165
- Total compensation, all staff$119.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bijan Ahmadi (board of governors); Tanya Clarmont (board of governors); Brent Palmer (board of governors); Joanne Cumberland (board of governors); Michael Stubbing (board of governors); Monty Bryant (board of governors); Brenda McBain (board of governors); Al van Akker (board of governors); Lindsay Kearns (board of governors); Ruth Moheed Ramirez (board of governors); Lane Trotter (board of governors/president); Gregory Atkins (board of governors); Jeremy Burgess (board of governors); Shane Hartman (board of governors); Logan Hudson (board of governors); Jagjeet Singh (board of governors).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Camosun College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118826494RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.