Pickering Public Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Pickering, Ontario · BN 870043601RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Pickering Public Library Board is a charitable organization based in Pickering, 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 $7.1M in revenue and $7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,618.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The library provides early literacy programs free internet access public computers and wifi training in digital skills life long learning resources in a variety of formats to borrow resources for job seekers community hub for meeting and sharing information group meeting and study space technology devices for loan and to use in-house virtual and in person programming for all ages on a wide variety of topics special emphasis on health and wellness and financial topics. Library has a focus on inclusion activities and collections.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.1M | $7M | — | — | — | -$516K |
| 2023 | $6.7M | $6.8M | — | — | — | $361K |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $6.2M | — | — | — | -$503K |
| 2021 | $5.4M | $5.4M | — | — | — | -$413K |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $5.7M | — | — | — | -$483K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,618 from 5 charities:
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,627
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,391
- Canada Gives$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$600
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$4.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maurice Brenner (board member); Shaheen Butt (board member); Linda Cook (board member); Karen Danylak (board member); Brett Kenworthy (board member); Akeem Maginley (chair); Fatema Mahjabeen (board member); Abdullah Mir (board member); Doodnauth Sharma (board vice-chair); Sarah Sheehy (board chair); Kerry Smuk (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pickering Public Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870043601RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.