La Croisée des Sentiers
Publicly funded institution · Asbestos, Quebec · BN 140156472RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($338,889) as filed with the CRA.
La Croisée des Sentiers is a charitable organization based in Asbestos, Quebec, 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 $377K in revenue and $339K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $640.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Son objectif est d'offrir des services d'entraide à des personnes ayant des problèmes de santé mentale ou des difficultés dordre émotionnel en leur proposant support et accompagnement dans leurs démarches vers un mieux-être.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $377K | $339K | $308K | — | — | $345K |
| 2023 | $406K | $356K | $313K | — | — | $306K |
| 2022 | $378K | $377K | $260K | — | — | $256K |
| 2021 | $384K | $282K | $159K | — | — | $255K |
| 2020 | $302K | $286K | $267K | — | — | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $640 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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$247K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Deacon (vice-président); Alain Gagné (administrateur); Céline Vaillancourt (administratrice); Gaétan Gendron (président); Normand Bergeron (secrétaire-tré); Marc Hélie (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Croisée des Sentiers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140156472RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.