National Judicial Institute/institut National de la Magistrature
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 130089980RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,930,505) as filed with the CRA.
National Judicial Institute/institut National de la Magistrature is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $15M in revenue and $14.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 68 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
development and delivery of educational programs for all federal provincial and territorial judges in Canada focusing on substantive law skills training and social context issues -development of technology-based distance learning as a complement to face-to-face programming -management of international development projects focused on judicial reform and the coordination of Canadian judges judicial educators and courts in international projects
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15M | $14.9M | $13M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $15.6M | $15.5M | $13.5M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $10.1M | $9.4M | $8.2M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $9.3M | $9M | $7.4M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $12.5M | $12.1M | $10.7M | — | — | $1.2M |
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:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions68
- Total compensation, all staff$6.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Wagner (chair); JC Marc Richard (director); Chantal Corriveau (director); Linda Lizotte-MacPherson (director); Theodore Tax (director); Marie-Eve Sylvestre (director); Jeremy Webber (director); Nicholas Kasirer (vice-chair); Martel Popescul (director); Margaret Biggs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Judicial Institute/institut National de la Magistrature’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130089980RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.