Oil Museum of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Wyoming, Ontario · BN 764066916RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($731,547) as filed with the CRA.
Oil Museum of Canada is a public foundation based in Wyoming, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $742K in revenue and $732K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
1.conducts educational tours and programs for school children 2.provides motor coach tours for tourists and visitors. 3.offers general public tours and membership program. 4.all tours educate about the history of oil 5.audio-visual theatre. 6.interpretive plan for primary attributes 7.traveling trunk museum program kits for schools. 8.virtual speaker series 'heritage hour' in partnership with heritage sarnia-lambton. 9.live 'museum in the classroom' virtual education programming for school classes. 10.online youtube educational series 'drilling deeper' 11.creation of curriculum link…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $742K | $732K | $443K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $798K | $775K | $490K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $976K | $720K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $814K | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $990K | $442K | $235K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$457K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Marriott (chair); Jeff Agar (vice-chair); Gary Atkinson (member); Dave Boushy (member); Mike Bradley (member); Alan Broad (member); Todd Case (member); Cook Doug (member); William Dennis (member); David Ferguson (member); Bev Hand (member); Brad Loosley (member); Christine McRoberts (member); Steve Miller (member); Dan Sageman (member); Ian Veen (member); Brian White (member); Laurie Webb (manager museums & archives); Larry Palarchio (treasurer); Erin Dee-Richard (curator-supervisor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oil Museum of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 764066916RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.