Independent Living Canada/ Vie Autonome Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 129334082RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,285,291) as filed with the CRA.
Independent Living Canada/ Vie Autonome Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $476.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To support and develop independent living canada
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 | $1.2M | — | — | $215K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $162K |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $992K | — | — | $128K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | — | — | $114K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $476 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$235K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Barrett; Theresa Bullegas; Sebastien Duguay Nardini; Robin East; Pierre Hamelin; Diane Krueger; Suzanne Larocque (treasurer); Jennifer Marchand.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Independent Living Canada/ Vie Autonome Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129334082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.