Cape Breton Community Housing Association
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 106962566RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Cape Breton Community Housing Association is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $8.8M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 115 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.3M in 2020 to $8.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Residential program - to provide quality based support and outreach programs for mental health consumers in a non-institutional environment. Homeless shelter - to provide emergency shelter for transient and homeless adult males and females. Independent living support program - to provide services for mental health consumers living in the community. Cbcha housing first program - to assist clients who are facing multiple barriers to housing. Support workers assist clients in finding and maintaining housing. Supportive housing program - to provide residential supports for people who exiting …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $8.5M | — | — | — | $591K |
| 2023 | $7.6M | $7.6M | — | — | — | $282K |
| 2022 | $6.1M | — | — | — | — | $185K |
| 2021 | $6M | $5.9M | — | — | — | $305K |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $5.3M | — | — | — | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 5 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions115
- Total compensation, all staff$7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Walter Rutherford (chair); Alfie Macleod (vice chair); Jane Coady (treasurer); Dave Macisaac (secretary); Mike Muise; Todd Marsman; Tom Ripley; Amanda McDougall; Lindsay Sylvester; Heather Patterson.
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cape Breton Community Housing Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106962566RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.