Colchester-East Hants Regional Library
Publicly funded institution · Truro, Nova Scotia · BN 106951742RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,537,580) as filed with the CRA.
Colchester-East Hants Regional Library is a charitable organization based in Truro, 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 $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $148K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Colchester and east hants public library provides library services to the public. These include physical and satelittle libraries a borrow by mail service outreach services and a downloadable ebook and audiobook service.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $2.3M | — | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.2M | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $148K from 2 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 positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roseanna Chapman (2nd vice chair); Alison Graham (treasurer); Nathan Little (provincial appointee); Victoria Lomond (councillor); Donna Macgillivray (citizen appointee); Karen Mackenzie (councillor); Norval Mitchell (chair); Pam Osborne (councillor); Michael Perry (1st vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Colchester-East Hants Regional Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106951742RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.