Cape Breton Regional Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 106871122RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,195,476) as filed with the CRA.
Cape Breton Regional Library Board is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $3.3M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Provides public library services to cb county and victoria county through 12 branches and 1 bookmobile. Information and reference services reading materials literacy based programs and resources participates in community events (information expos public internet access)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.1M | $49K | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.5M | $47K | — | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.1M | $43K | — | $4M |
| 2021 | $3M | $2.8M | $2.1M | $40K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.1M | $43K | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 3 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 positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Terry Murray (director); Barbara Longva (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cape Breton Regional Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106871122RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.