Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 122328750RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,757,932) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $13.5M in revenue and $12.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,248.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 76 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs: projects related to the promotion of increased awareness on the part of canadians on matters relating to alcohol and drug abuse and their increased participation in the reduction of harm associated with such abuse and to promote the use of the effectiveness of programs of excellence that are relevant to alcohol and drug abuse. These activities are conducted through policy awareness data and network development communication and standard setting. The organization operates as canadian centre on substance use and addiction.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.5M | $12.8M | $11.4M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2023 | $13.8M | $14K | $13.1M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $13.9M | $13.8M | $13.3M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $12.6M | $12.2M | $11.7M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $12.2M | $12.3M | $11.2M | — | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
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
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions76
- Total compensation, all staff$8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vaughan Dowie (chair of the board); Curtis Clarke (governor in council); Christopher Cull (governor in council); Anne Elizabeth Lapointe (governor in council); Lesley Carberry (member-at-large audit); Linda Dabros (member-at-large n&g); Daniel Hogan (member-at-large); Julie Menten (member-at-large); Donald Nicholls (member-at-large); John Weber (member-at-large); Sandy Pitzen (member-at-large); Scott Elliot (governot-in-council).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122328750RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.