Laurentian University of Sudbury
Publicly funded institution · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 119009686RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($167,829,000) as filed with the CRA.
Laurentian University of Sudbury is a charitable organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 30, 2024, it reported $205.8M in revenue and $167.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $169K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 649 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Provides teaching to post secondary students conducts research in various fields (education mining sciences etc.)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $205.8M | $167.8M | $150.5M | $446K | — | $231.4M |
| 2023 | $364.2M | $156.3M | $119.6M | $365K | $3,000 | $191.6M |
| 2022 | $185.4M | $168.6M | $115.3M | $479K | — | -$4.4M |
| 2021 | $193.4M | $261.5M | $150.8M | $763K | $50K | $112.9M |
| 2020 | $198.4M | $201.5M | $153.4M | $591K | — | $205.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $169K from 16 charities:
- Canadian Cancer Society$60K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$20K
- Toronto Foundation$18K
- Ontario District Association of Chapters of Spebsqsa$16K
- Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario Foundation$15K
- Toswell Family Foundation$10K
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,640
- Styles Family Foundation$5,000
- The Lougheed Foundation$4,800
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,795
- C.f.u.w. - Sudbury Charitable Trust$2,800
- Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mining Matters$1,240
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$375
- Canadahelps Canadon$293
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions649
- Total compensation, all staff$100.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vernon Cameron (board chair); Jean Pierre Barbeau (board member (vice chair)); David Harquail (board member); Aaron Barry (board member); André Guay (board member); Laura Kurkimaki (board member); Tammy Manitowabi (board member); Angela Recollet (board member); Brian Ramakko (board member); Kevin Eshkawkogan (board member); Similoluwa Olufowobi (board member); Mehdi Tavafi (board member); Roxanne Bouchard (board member); Lynn Wells (president & vice-chancellor); Tammy Eger (vp research); Sylvie Lafontaine (vice-president finance and); Malcolm Campbell (provost & vp academic).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Laurentian University of Sudbury’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119009686RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.