National Trust for Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119237477RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,346,197) as filed with the CRA.
National Trust for Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.4M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,224 in 2020 to $4.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The National Trust for Canada works to empower communities in saving and renewing historic places that tell the story of Canada. We provide game-changing support to help keep useful older and heritage buildings out of landfill and increase the sustainability and impact of historic places that matter to Canadians. Thousands have accessed regeneration strategies and expertise through our annual national conference free webinars and Launch Pad donor-funded coaching grants – all under the banner of Regeneration Works. We market and encourage visitation to historic sites across the country un…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.4M | $3.3M | $2.6M | $54K | — | $20.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $49K | — | — |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.2M | $2.6M | $54K | — | $21.1M |
| 2021 | $7.6M | $3.8M | $3.2M | $82K | — | $20.8M |
| 2020 | $6,224 | $2.6M | $1.9M | $76K | — | $17M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shabnam Inanloo Dailoo (board member); Pierre Vaillancourt (treasurer); Barbara Myers (board member); Jane Severs (vice-chair); Ingrid Cazakoff (secretary); Harsh Padhya (board member); Nancy Dunton (board member); Grant Jameson (vice-chair); John Firth (director); Margo Sheppard (director); Eldon Yellowhorn (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Trust for Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119237477RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.