Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia
Publicly funded institution · Head of ST Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia · BN 107865735RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($987,863) as filed with the CRA.
Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia is a charitable organization based in Head of ST Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1M in revenue and $988K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,343.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We provide the following services to the public which are delivered by legally trained counsellors: .legal information line: telephone support is provided toll-free every day of the week with no time limit on calls – bilingual service is available; .livechat; .lawyer referral service: legal information counsellors can triage a caller to a lawyer who will provide a half hour of legal advice for a $20 fee) – a key benefit of this service is that the legal information counsellors screen calls to determine those which warrant a referral – our statistics indicate that over 80% of calls are abl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $988K | $640K | — | — | $86K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $830K | $167 | — | $25K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $810K | — | — | $7,016 |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $897K | $549K | — | — | $5,883 |
| 2020 | $981K | $979K | $571K | $1,213 | — | $5,296 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,343 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$564K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Hope (president); Mitchell Caiger (treasurer); Emma Arnold (director); Bill Berryman (director); Lauren Grant (director); Robert Mroz (director); Tammy Wohler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107865735RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.