Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association
Publicly funded institution · Darmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 870288933RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($109,775) as filed with the CRA.
Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association is a charitable organization based in Darmouth, 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 $115K in revenue and $110K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 79% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,960.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
CHPTA maintains interprets and protects approximately 15 km of extremely popular public use active transportation trails including 6.5 Km of Trans Canada Trail within the Halifax Regional Municipality. CHPTA also operates manages interprets and protects the 174 acres of the Cole Harbour Heritage Park. Activities include working to overcome the impacts of erosion from storms and rising sea level; resurfacing trails and trimming incurring vegetation; trail patrols by volunteer Trail Stewards to provide a safe and informative experience for users; provision and maintenance of pit toilets …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $115K | $110K | $109K | — | — | $47K |
| 2023 | $73K | $77K | $73K | — | $0 | $41K |
| 2022 | $306K | $279K | $276K | — | — | $59K |
| 2021 | $138K | $125K | $115K | — | $5,928 | $35K |
| 2020 | $131K | $154K | $154K | — | — | $5,768 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,960 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janice Bishop (chair); Victor Henrikson (director); Eizabeth Woodill (director); Gilbert Smith (director); Dwight Perkins (director); Gordon Switzer (director); Melody Pentland (director); Tanya Giffin (director); Gregg Cunningham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870288933RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.