Dog Guides Canada/ Chiens-Guides Canada
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 118837046RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,046,975) as filed with the CRA.
Dog Guides Canada/ Chiens-Guides Canada is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 1,368 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Operation of a dog guides school providing service dogs to canadians with visual hearing medical disabilities epilepsy autism and diabetes. Providing support dog guides for use by professional agencies to provide support to individulas in traumatic situations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $2.8M | $4M | $3.8M | $101K | — | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $4.2M | $3.9M | $118K | — | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 6 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$8,474
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$8,009
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$869
- Trillium Home of the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association Ofontario$500
- Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
David Hollyoake (chairperson); Maureen Meston-Pockett (vice chairperson); Mel Foat (ex. member at large); Brennan Beaumont (treasurer); Joanne Phillips (director); Penny Pike (secretary); Janet Marissen (director); Stanley Sanderson (director); Angela Sharbot (director); Robert Genereux (director); Linda Baltzer (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dog Guides Canada/ Chiens-Guides Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118837046RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.