Nova Scotia Trails Federation
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 874582778RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($566,977) as filed with the CRA.
Nova Scotia Trails Federation is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $613K in revenue and $567K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $141K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $195K in 2020 to $613K in 2024.
In its own words
The nova scotia trails federation (ns trails) provides services and support for the planning maintenance management and use of recreational trails in nova scotia. Our objective are to encourage active outdoor lifestyles local economic development and an appreciation of nature and the environment. Ns trails works to establish the conditions by which these objectives may be achieved by cooperating with municipal and provincial governments and volunteer community-based member organizations. Specifically ns trails provides support fund raising technical advice access to insurance programs …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $613K | $567K | $549K | — | — | $170K |
| 2023 | $504K | $494K | $450K | — | — | $123K |
| 2022 | $311K | $311K | — | — | — | $113K |
| 2021 | $329K | $358K | — | — | — | $23K |
| 2020 | $195K | $257K | $233K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $141K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- River Philip Foundation$25K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$12K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,500
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,350
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,253
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$329
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nova Scotia Trails Federation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874582778RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.