Canadian Parents for French
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118835131RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,546,590) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Parents for French 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 $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49.
Compared with 90 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Cpf was founded in 1977 by parents who wantes to ensure that children would have the opportunity to become bilingual in the canadian school system. Originally a small group of concerned parents who met in ottawa cpf has evolved into a proactive national network with 8 branch offices and some 100 chapters in communities nationwide. List of ongoing programs: youth parents members and volunteers decision makers organization
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | — | $421K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $401K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $2M | — | — | $346K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $343K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $340K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49 from 2 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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$991K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derrek Bentley (president); Diane Tijman (secretary); Kate Ashley (vice-president); Isabelle Levert-Chiasson (director); Shelanda Al-Saquaf (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Parents for French’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118835131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.