Canadian Railroad Historical Association
Charitable organization · Saint-Constant, Quebec · BN 107846552RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,279,352) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Railroad Historical Association is a charitable organization based in Saint-Constant, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 38% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $154K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $25K in 2024, the largest being $25K to La fondation de l'Association Canadienne d'histoire ferroviaire.
In its own words
Operation of Exporail the Canadian Railway Museum in Delson and St. Constant Quebec including the CRHA archives of railroad boooks plans and photographs. Present annual awards for publications and preservation of railroad heritage. Publishes 'Canadian Rail Canadien' the bilingual magazine of Canada's railway heritage. Promotes the dissemination of information on Canada's railroad history. Volunteers contributed 24 758 hours to these activities in this fiscal year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $46K | $25K | $36.2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $34K | — | $36.3M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $19K | — | $36.6M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $5.3M | $32K | $0 | $36.7M |
| 2020 | $3M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $39K | $50K | $32.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $25K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $154K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Railroad Historical Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107846552RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.