Heritage Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119266609RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,329,536) as filed with the CRA.
Heritage Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,487.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Heritage Toronto builds a better city by bringing people together to explore Toronto’s shared past and peoples’ lived experiences. It delivers 80+ public programs annually including: walking bus and cycling tours; heritage plaques; digital programs and exhibitions; the Heritage Toronto Awards; and the Emerging Historians program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $756K | $225K | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $714K | $182K | — | $16K |
| 2022 | $998K | $1M | $715K | $141K | — | $19K |
| 2021 | $900K | $900K | $586K | $109K | — | $36K |
| 2020 | $897K | $897K | $678K | $75K | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,487 from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$839K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Heritage Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119266609RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.