Linacy Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 888639192RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($570,463) as filed with the CRA.
Linacy Fire Department is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $271K in revenue and $570K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $29.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $163K in 2020 to $271K in 2024.
In its own words
To provide fire and emergency services for the district of linacy in the county of pictou ns. Including the district of pine tree sutherlands river and adjoining areas in the county of pictou. To undertake activities incidental to the attainment of the above charitable object.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $271K | $570K | $558K | — | — | $100K |
| 2023 | $181K | $74K | $62K | — | — | $399K |
| 2022 | $175K | $78K | $68K | — | — | $292K |
| 2021 | $134K | $53K | $45K | — | — | $195K |
| 2020 | $163K | $103K | $94K | — | — | $114K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $29 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$2,000
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Linacy Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888639192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.