Oceans North Conservation Society
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 720704295RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,125,496) as filed with the CRA.
Oceans North Conservation Society is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $14.3M in revenue and $14.1M in expenditures.
In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2M.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $221K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Ecology Action Centre. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $14.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Oceans north conservation society’s mandate is to promote the conservation of canada’s northern oceans and the resulting well-being of people and communities who rely upon its natural wealth
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.3M | $14.1M | $12.8M | $4,469 | $221K | $754K |
| 2023 | $9.8M | $9.6M | $8.5M | $73K | $155K | $574K |
| 2022 | $8.1M | $8.2M | $7.1M | $25K | $280K | $394K |
| 2021 | $6.4M | $6.3M | $5.4M | $16K | $30K | $482K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.1M | — | $160K | $397K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $221K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $2M from 10 charities:
- The Sitka Foundation$1.5M
- Environment Funders Canada$222K
- RBC Foundation$150K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$75K
- Toronto Foundation$25K
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$12K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,821
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,516
- The Calgary Foundation$2,413
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$4.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Harrison (member); Chris Mills (chair); Fred Whoriskey (member); John Lounds (treasurer); Lucy Hargreaves (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oceans North Conservation Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 720704295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.