Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108074527RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($388,036,010) as filed with the CRA.
Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $399.3M in revenue and $388M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $300,000–349,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 285 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Canada Council for the Arts contributes to the vibrancy of a creative and diverse arts and literary scene and supports its presence across Canada and around the world. The Council is Canada’s public arts funder with a mandate to 'foster and promote the study and enjoyment of and the production of works in the arts.' The Council supports support Canadian artists authors and arts groups and organizations through grants services initiatives prizes and payments. This support allows them to pursue artistic expression create works of art and promote and disseminate the arts and litera…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $399.3M | $388M | $359.8M | $0 | $0 | $439.8M |
| 2023 | $452.2M | $442M | $414.9M | — | — | $399M |
| 2022 | $558.6M | $531.9M | $504.5M | — | — | $397M |
| 2021 | $465.3M | $445.5M | $422.9M | — | — | $389M |
| 2020 | $361.1M | $342.1M | — | — | — | $323.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $37K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions285
- Total compensation, all staff$38M
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 Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108074527RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.