Musee Quebecois de Culture Populaire
Publicly funded institution · Trois-Rivieres, Quebec · BN 133382937RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,850,472) as filed with the CRA.
Musee Quebecois de Culture Populaire is a charitable organization based in Trois-Rivieres, 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 $2.7M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Diffuser conserver et mettre en valeur des collections ethnologiques et archéologiques
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.9M | $2.9M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.5M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.6M | $2.3M | — | — | $742K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marc-André Houle (administrateur); Louise Lacharité (administrateur); Marie-Claude Plante (secrétaire); Jacques Picard (administrateur); Pierre Lemieux (président); Pierre-Luc Fortin (administrateur); Cécile Fonrouge (administrateur); Kim Alarie (administrateur); Philippe Lampron (administrateur); Myriam Lavallée (administrateur); Natalie McNeil (vice-présidente).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Musee Quebecois de Culture Populaire’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133382937RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.