Musee de la Civilisation
Publicly funded institution · Quebec, Quebec · BN 107755928RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,019,129) as filed with the CRA.
Musee de la Civilisation is a charitable organization based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $44.4M in revenue and $46M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 242 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Contribuer au développement cultural au québec. Faire connaître l'histoire et les diverses composantes de notre civilisation. Assurer la conservation et la mise en valeur de la collection ethnographique et des autres collections représentatives de notre civilisation. Assurer une présence du québec dans le réseau international des manifestations muséologiques.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44.4M | $46M | $32.8M | — | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $36.9M | $36.2M | — | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2022 | $35.5M | $34.5M | $22M | — | $250 | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $30.4M | $30.5M | $17.7M | — | $90 | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $33.2M | $32.3M | $19.4M | — | $1,127 | -$13.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions242
- Total compensation, all staff$21.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stéphan La Roche (président-directeur général); Sylviane Morrier (secrétaire du conseil et conse); Louis-Yves Nolin (directeur général adjoint et s).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Musee de la Civilisation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107755928RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.