Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Nature Canada / Canada Nature

Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118834704RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website

Your $100, itemizedNature Canada / Canada NatureFiscal year ended March 31, 2024
Charitable programs$58
Gifts to other charities$23
Fundraising$12
Management & admin$7
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,310,032) as filed with the CRA.

Nature Canada / Canada Nature is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.8M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 33% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 56 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.

Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 31 qualified donees totalling $576K in 2024, the largest being $105K to Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts/Alliance canadienne des organismes de conservation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.

In its own words

Nature Canada's mission is to protect and conserve wildlife habitats in Canada by engaging people and advocating on behalf of nature. The organization conducts conservation work which involves supporting community-based efforts to protect animals plants and habitats and also pushing for effective policies that protect endangered species encourage the development of networks of parks and protected areas across Canada conserve bird habitat and promote biodiversity in Canada abroad. In addition Nature Canada conducts educational programs that educate children and adults about the importanc…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$5.8M$5.3M$3.1M$635K$1.2M$4.4M
2023$5M$5.3M$3.6M$630K$784K$4M
2022$6.9M$6.5M$4.5M$610K$1.1M$4.3M
2021$5.5M$3.9M$2.6M$429K$549K$3.9M
2020$3.9M$3.6M$2.6M$357K$456K$2.3M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $576K to 31 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 31 grants

Received $1.3M from 56 charities:

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $120,000–159,9991 position
  • $80,000–119,9999 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions34
  • Total compensation, all staff$2.5M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Sabine Dietz (chair); Logan McIntosh (vice chair); William David (secretary); William Ross (treasurer); Renata Woodward (member); Hamsha Pathmanathan (member); Aviva Patel (member); Liette Vasseur (member); Montana Burgess (member); Lillian Trapper (member); David Coffey (member).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Nature Canada / Canada Nature’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118834704RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.