Canadian Opera House Corporation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888747177RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($16,678,125) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Opera House Corporation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $16.7M in revenue and $16.7M in expenditures.
Compared with 39 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Canadian Opera Company. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The mandate of the Canadian Opera House Corporation is to manage the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.7M | $16.7M | $13M | $0 | $1.1M | $31.6M |
| 2023 | $16.4M | $16.4M | $12.9M | — | $1.3M | $31.6M |
| 2022 | $13M | $13M | $10M | — | $930K | $31.6M |
| 2021 | $9.1M | $9.1M | $6.7M | $0 | $1.7M | $31.6M |
| 2020 | $13.4M | $13.4M | $10.2M | $0 | $1.7M | $31.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 1 qualified donee:
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Mcfarlane (secretary); Jonathan Morgan (director); Paul Spafford (chair); Brian Collins (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Opera House Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888747177RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.