Guelph Public Library
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 889091245RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,050,357) as filed with the CRA.
Guelph Public Library is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $15.1M in revenue and $15.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 52 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.8M in 2020 to $15.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The guelph public library delivers free library service to an estimated 160 000 members of the guelph region where the population is growing at a rate of 9% each year. The library provides access to a collection of over 265 000 publications and 120 000 multimedia materials that enrich educate and empower each individual in the city's growing multicultural community. Creative youth programming makes learning exciting and forges a livelong connection with adolescents to the library. Adults programs provide everyone with an opportunity to better understand their community and themselves by…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.1M | $15.1M | $12.6M | $154K | — | -$7.6M |
| 2023 | $12.3M | $12.3M | $10M | $119K | — | -$8.2M |
| 2022 | $11.5M | $11.5M | $9.3M | $115K | — | -$8.6M |
| 2021 | $11.3M | $11.3M | $9.9M | $111K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $9.8M | $9.8M | $7.9M | $112K | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 8 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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions52
- Total compensation, all staff$7.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Danny Williamson (board chair); Randalin Ellery (past board chair); Vivian Webb (board vice chair); Alexandra Ortiz Carlsson (board vice chair); Renganathan Sadagoban (board member); Bang Ly (board member); Denise Rishworth (board member); Claire Cowan (board member); Candice Lepage (board member); Rodrigo Goller (board member); Leanne Caron (board member); Carly Klassen (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Guelph Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889091245RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.