L'Oiseau Bleu
Publicly funded institution · Gatineau, Quebec · BN 107417545RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,849,960) as filed with the CRA.
L'Oiseau Bleu is a charitable organization based in Gatineau, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $2.9M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 30 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Services éducatifs pour les enfants de 0 à 59 mois
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $2.1M | — | — | $745K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | — | $703K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $647K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $482K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $408K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions30
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Antony Vincent (président); Céline Houle (vice-présidente); Vanessa Malette (trésorière); Marilyne Rochon (secrétaire); Jeanne Beaudry-Pilotte (membre de la communauté); Patrick Dupuis (vice-président); Céliane Fortier (administratrice); Louise Legault (directrice); Silvie Thibert (représentante employées); Kristine Brousseau (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from L'Oiseau Bleu’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107417545RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.