Experiences Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107971343RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,910,959) as filed with the CRA.
Experiences Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,094.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Programs are for young canadians aged 12 to 17. Youths are twinned with other youth from a different part of canada for a reciprocal home-stay exchange. Transportation costs are funded by the government of canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $4.9M | $3.2M | — | — | $810K |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.6M | $3.2M | — | — | $696K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $0 | $0 | $660K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $938K |
| 2020 | $3.8M | — | — | — | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,094 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$901K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Young (director); Judith Sullivan-Corney (director); Paige Kaytlin Percy (director); Adriaan De Jager (director); Ian McCann (director); Alena Jackson (director); Daniella Pico (director); Marc Snyder (director); Marian Gayad (director); Rod Fancis (director); Chelsea Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Experiences Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107971343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.