Canadian Urban Institute
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 121844419RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,883,484) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Urban Institute is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $16M in revenue and $15.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $404K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $16M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the organization is to encourage an understanding and awareness of the implications of urban management and planning on quality of urban areas. The organization does this through: (1) applied research (2) conference seminars and workshops (3) coordinating professional assistance to local governments in canada and abroad (4) providing research papers (5) awards and internship programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16M | $15.9M | $15.7M | — | — | $294K |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $4.9M | $4.7M | — | — | $214K |
| 2022 | $8.8M | $8.8M | $8.7M | — | — | $229K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $233K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | $565K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $404K from 2 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cameron Charlebois (chair of the board of director); Steve DeRoy (director); Cynthia Dorrington (director); Judy Farvolden (director); IIona Larionova (director); Anneke Smit (director); Juvarya Veltkamp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Urban Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121844419RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.