Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks/centre des Niveaux de Competence Linguistiques Canadiens
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 867311995RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,628,678) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks/centre des Niveaux de Competence Linguistiques Canadiens is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
IRCC-TRF-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Training and resources to assist Francophones in a minority situation IRCC-PBLA-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Professional development resources and training to support the use of PBLA in LINC and other IRCC funded programs IRCC-ELBP-24: Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada – ELBP professional development and resource development to support clients in CLIC programs ESDC-LFS-24: Employment and Social Development Canada – Language for Success – Adult Learning Literacy and Essential RTU-CELBAN-24: CELB…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $1.8M | — | — | $275K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.3M | $1.8M | — | — | $308K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $529K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $824K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.9M | — | — | $794K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Souhaël Bouallagui (chairperson); Diane Hardy (vice chairperson); James Papple (director); Jennifer Cummins (director); Oksana Timchenko (director); Naomi Frey (director); Ricardo Arisnabarreta (director); Stephen Abraham (director); Tehreem Zafar (director); Yves Page (secretary treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks/centre des Niveaux de Competence Linguistiques Canadiens’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867311995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.