Let's Start Talking Canada -Parlons Ensemble Canada
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 859392367RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($136,816) as filed with the CRA.
Let's Start Talking Canada -Parlons Ensemble Canada is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $137K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1. Friendspeak (Canada) - train and help individuals to converse in English as an alternate language using the Bible as the text. 2. Let's Start Talking (International) - recruit train and lead teams of adults to other countries to teach English as an alternate language. 3. Young Friends (International) - this program is the same as 2. except that the teams are composed of teenagers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $137K | $123K | — | — | $1,913 |
| 2023 | $104K | $118K | $110K | — | — | $25K |
| 2022 | $88K | $94K | $88K | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $96K | $82K | $77K | — | $0 | $47K |
| 2020 | $100K | $76K | $72K | — | $0 | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$79K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deanna Cook (board member (secretary)); Betty-Jean Johnson (board member); Irene Schlarb (board member); Wilfred Olson (board member (chairperson)); Ed Slywka (board member (vice chairperson); Moira Keijzer-Koops (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Let's Start Talking Canada -Parlons Ensemble Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859392367RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.