Musée Québécois de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
Publicly funded institution · La Pocatiere, Quebec · BN 119049575RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($580,288) as filed with the CRA.
Musée Québécois de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation is a private foundation based in La Pocatiere, 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 $548K in revenue and $580K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Acquisitions d'éléments des collections campagne de financement sur le plan du travail bénévole outre l'administration de l'organisme on retrouve le activités de financement le catalogage des collections la congélation des collections le classement des collections la production d'expositions (rédaction et recherche).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $548K | $580K | $339K | — | — | $566K |
| 2022 | $574K | $381K | $247K | — | — | $492K |
| 2021 | $527K | $385K | $243K | — | — | $299K |
| 2020 | $495K | $507K | $325K | — | — | $157K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$288K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Guillaume Dufour (trésorier); Claire Lajoie (administrateur); René Gagnon (administrateur); Robert Tessier (secrétaire); Philippe Dubé (président); Helene Raymond (vice-présidente); France Remillard (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Musée Québécois de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119049575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.