Halton Industry Education Council
Publicly funded institution · Burlington, Ontario · BN 127773554RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,899,717) as filed with the CRA.
Halton Industry Education Council is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $7.6M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,756.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 39 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $622K in 2020 to $7.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The Ontario Career Lab: As an innovation center for excellence in career awareness and career development programming for young people The Ontario Career Lab provides workshops events and resources that empower youth to explore various career pathways develop essential skills and make informed decisions about their futures. Grade 7 Career Awareness Program: HIEC’s interactive student-driven Career Awareness Program provides current information on diverse career options supporting students as they transition to secondary school. The program helps students identify their skills explore o…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $6.9M | $6.6M | $2,847 | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $7.7M | $6.7M | $6.5M | $2,069 | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.7M | $13K | — | $804K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $952K | $593 | — | $507K |
| 2020 | $622K | $695K | $197K | $675 | — | $331K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $1,756 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,99924 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions39
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deanna McQuarrie (director); Sandeep Soni (director); Sarina Ahuja (director); Kelly Hoey (director ex officio); Michelle Murray (director ex officio); Em Del Sordo (director); Jay Davis (chair); Wingsze Chan (director); Cristina Salmini (director); Judy Brydges (advisor); Amir Gerges (advisor-staff-non voting); John Klein (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halton Industry Education Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127773554RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.