Fire Fighter's Museum of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 898276084RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($182,822) as filed with the CRA.
Fire Fighter's Museum of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Yarmouth, 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 $189K in revenue and $183K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $54.
None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Our purpose is to collect restore preserve and exhibit to the public artifacts illustrative of the history of the fire service in nova scotia. We have continued to present to the public an outstanding display of fire equipment and artifacts as well as a variety of exhibits in the national exhibit centre.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $189K | $183K | — | — | — | $138K |
| 2023 | $170K | $184K | — | — | — | $267 |
| 2022 | $171K | $162K | — | — | — | $47 |
| 2021 | $187K | $170K | — | — | — | $487 |
| 2020 | $151K | $167K | — | — | $40 | $27 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $54 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$92K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anita Cottreau (director); Jim Cook (director); Duane Cleveland (director); Oliver Gascoigne (director); Joseph Boudreau (director); Stephen Taylor (director); Donald Leblanc (director); Darren King (director); Peter Poirier (vice president); Lynn Seeley (director); Guy Muise (president/recognized).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fire Fighter's Museum of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898276084RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.