Opéra de Québec inc.
Publicly funded institution · Quebec, Quebec · BN 104004577RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,359,505) as filed with the CRA.
Opéra de Québec inc. is a charitable organization based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $200K.
Compared with 90 arts 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 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Promouvoir le théâtre lyrique organiser et produire des oeuvres lyriques.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $1.5M | — | — | $136K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.5M | — | — | $85K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.4M | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $78K | $386K | $258K | — | — | $143K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.5M | — | — | -$14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $200K 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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$520K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean-Guy Gingras (vice-président); Sophie Cloutier (vice-présidente); Céline Saucier (administrateur); Normand Gervais (trésorier); Patrice Drolet (administrateur); Marie-Claude Perron (administrateur); Philippe-Edwin Bélanger (président); Isabelle Pascot (administratrice); Daniel Turp (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Opéra de Québec inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104004577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.