Canadian Centre for the Great War
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 801775974RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,451) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Centre for the Great War is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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, 2021, it reported $107K in revenue and $74K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 81% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,000.
Compared with 649 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The centre continues to collect and preserve objects related to the first world war; making them available through its space on 5524 saint-patrick street through a yearly canada-wide traveling exhibition on-line exhibitions an education program and pop-up exhibits. In 2020 the center shifted activities online in responce to the global pandemic and staged its yearly travelling exhibition vis the website. The centre logged 20 000+ audience reach and continues to work with a team of volunteers and part time staff.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $107K | $74K | $58K | — | — | $580K |
| 2020 | $96K | $66K | $59K | — | — | $547K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $7,000 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$46K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Mark Cahill (administrateur); Andrey Hollinger (administrateur); Andrew Neil Beckett (administrateur); Kent Hovey-Smith (président); Éric Perlinger (administrateur).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Centre for the Great War’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801775974RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.