Canadian Hospice Palliative CARE Association / Association Canadienne de Soins Palliatifs
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 137604195RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,302,017) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Hospice Palliative CARE Association / Association Canadienne de Soins Palliatifs is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $93K.
Compared with 717 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 $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The CHPCA is the national voice for Hospice Palliative Care in Canada. Advancing and advocating for quality end-of-life/hospice palliative care in Canada its work includes public policy public education and awareness. Established in 1991 its volunteer Board of Directors is composed of hospice palliative care workers and volunteers from Canadian provinces and territories as well as members-at-large.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $225K |
| 2023 | $539K | $680K | $591K | $310 | $0 | -$70 |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $141K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $113K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $93K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$601K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cameron Choquette (member); Elaine Klym (member); Vivian Papaiz (vice president); Marianne Arab (member); Paulo Martins (secretary/treasuere); Justine Farley (member); Margaret Milner (president); Jennifer Gurke (member); Jennifer Forward (member); Shannon Freeman (member); Helene Roy (member); Genevieve Thompson (member); Dale Weil (member); Nancymarie Arsenault (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Hospice Palliative CARE Association / Association Canadienne de Soins Palliatifs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137604195RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.