North Shore and District Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Baddeck, Nova Scotia · BN 893586180RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($81,108) as filed with the CRA.
North Shore and District Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $94K in revenue and $81K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,021.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Emergency fire services emergency medical first responders provide comfort and care area in emergencies
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $94K | $81K | $5,680 | $6,223 | $169 | $0 |
| 2023 | $174K | $175K | — | $5,082 | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $145K | $82K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $145K | $121K | — | — | — | $641K |
| 2020 | $99K | $74K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,021 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,021
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Drew Davidson (chief); Allister Macdonald (deputy chief); Lorraine Bona (treasurer); Nancy Smith (secretary); Veronika Brzeski (chair); Allan Macinnis (co-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Shore and District Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893586180RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.