Middle River Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Baddeck, Nova Scotia · BN 865571673RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($106,698) as filed with the CRA.
Middle River Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Baddeck, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $123K in revenue and $107K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $73K in 2020 to $123K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity operated a fire department for the local area of middle river during the fiscal period ended 2024. The charity raised money by raffling tickets on a tandem load of firewood as well as accepting grants and donations as part of the ongoing operations of the department.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $123K | $107K | — | — | — | $438K |
| 2023 | $83K | $75K | $75K | — | — | $422K |
| 2022 | $65K | $42K | $42K | — | — | $414K |
| 2021 | $59K | $35K | $35K | — | — | $390K |
| 2020 | $73K | $57K | $57K | — | — | $367K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Mackenzie (chair); Dylan Maciver (vice chair); Douglas Macdonald (treasurer); Delina Simpson (secretary); Gordon Mackenzie (captain); Allan Nicholson (director); Jim Parsons (director); Carter Mackenzie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Middle River Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865571673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.