Nova Scotia Community College
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 866279425RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($281,212,241) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Community College is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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 $280.5M in revenue and $281.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 1,973 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.8M to Nova Scotia Community College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The nova scotia community college provides post-secondary education to approximately 20 000 students. Covering academic programs across various ares such as: business hospitality health & human services trades & technology applied arts & news media access apprenticeship training customized training and continuing education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $280.5M | $281.2M | $262.5M | — | $1.8M | $32.1M |
| 2023 | $257.8M | $259M | $240.1M | — | $1.6M | $32.5M |
| 2022 | $241.9M | $241.3M | $223.1M | — | $1.3M | $33.5M |
| 2021 | $234.9M | $233M | $216M | — | $1.2M | $32.9M |
| 2020 | $242.4M | $239.9M | $221.9M | — | $1.3M | $31.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.3M from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,973
- Total compensation, all staff$204.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Bureaux (president & board member); Christabell Pinchin (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Community College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866279425RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.