La Corporation du Musee du Saguenay Lac ST-Jean et du Site de la Pulperie
Publicly funded institution · Chicoutimi, Quebec · BN 889667077RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,738,134) as filed with the CRA.
La Corporation du Musee du Saguenay Lac ST-Jean et du Site de la Pulperie is a charitable organization based in Chicoutimi, Quebec, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
La corporation conserve des oeuvres d'art en fait l'exposition et exploite un site touristique en y organisant des visites guidées et des activités d'animation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $426K | — | — | $7.2M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.7M | $434K | — | — | $7M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $685K | — | — | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.6M | $149K | — | — | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $602K | — | — | $6.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $23K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$905K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michel Tremblay (administrateur); Jean-Marc Roy (président); Georges Leclerc (trésorier); Joëlle Hardy (administratrice); Nathalie Gaudreault (administratrice); Claudia Néron (secrétaire); Paul Larouche (vice-président); Amélie Cormier (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Corporation du Musee du Saguenay Lac ST-Jean et du Site de la Pulperie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889667077RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.