Ontario Library Service
Charitable organization · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 107798167RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,103,766) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Library Service is a charitable organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.2M in revenue and $8.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $327.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Ontario Library Service is mandated to deliver programs and services on behalf of the Ontario Minister of Tourism Culture and Gaming. We are universally recognized and highly valued as a robust province-wide organization that provides seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Programs include interlibrary loan consulting and training resources for public and first nations library staff and board members consortia purchasing for both digital and physical materials and a shared integrated library system. OLS is continuing to strive toward…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.2M | $8.1M | $7.8M | — | — | $804K |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $8.1M | $7.8M | $2,601 | — | $675K |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $7M | $6.7M | — | — | -$610K |
| 2021 | $5.9M | $5.7M | $5.5M | — | — | $284K |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $6.9M | $6.5M | — | — | $153K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $327 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
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 Ontario Library Service’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107798167RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.