Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre
Publicly funded institution · Fort William First Nation, Ontario · BN 887196921RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-01. Split of total expenditures ($8,063,021) as filed with the CRA.
Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre is a charitable organization based in Fort William First Nation, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 April 1, 2024, it reported $8.1M in revenue and $8.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $45K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.8M in 2020 to $8.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides specialized teaching treatment and recovery programs for aboriginal persons with chronic solvent abuse problems in a manner sensitive to and respectful of their unique cultural heritage.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.1M | $8.1M | $5.1M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $7.6M | $7.4M | $4.6M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | $7M | $4.8M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $3.8M | — | — | $746K |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $2.1M | — | — | $737K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $45K from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ignace Gull (director); Jean Lemieux (director); Howard Meshake (vice president); Elizabeth Moore (secretary); James Morris (director); Vernon Morris (president); Tina Rae (director); Allan Tait (director); Armanda Parkinson (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Specialized Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887196921RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.