Oxford County Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Woodstock, Ontario · BN 888216041RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,708,382) as filed with the CRA.
Oxford County Library Board is a charitable organization based in Woodstock, 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 $5.8M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,330.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Oxford County Library operates public libraries with branches in: Brownsville Burgessville Embro Harrington Ingersoll Innerkip Mt. Elgin Norwich Otterville Plattsville Princeton Tavistock Thamesford Tillsonburg and also a mobile unit that travels to areas throughout the County which offers Library services to the public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.8M | $5.7M | $3.9M | — | — | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $5.2M | $3.5M | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.5M | $3M | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $2.7M | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $3.9M | — | — | — | $6.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,330 from 4 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Mayberry (member); Julia Harris (chair); Laura Langford (vice chair); Megan Blair (member); Brian Petrie (member); Cynthia Lacroix (member); Katherine Grieve (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oxford County Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888216041RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.