Professional Opera Companies of Canada/compagnies d'Opera Professionelles du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 861514321RR0002 · National Arts Service Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($429,209) as filed with the CRA.
Professional Opera Companies of Canada/compagnies d'Opera Professionelles du Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under national arts service organizations. 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 $436K in revenue and $429K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $215K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Promote the development of opera in canada reresent the interest of the canadian opera community educate the canadian public about opera and conduct opera studies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $436K | $429K | $334K | — | — | $677K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $915K | — | — | $640K |
| 2022 | $522K | $563K | $439K | $375 | — | $654K |
| 2021 | $734K | $587K | $522K | $500 | — | $695K |
| 2020 | $322K | $312K | $265K | $2,039 | — | $549K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $215K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$194K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robin Whiffen (co-chair); Bruce Wright (co-chair); Ian Rye (secretary-treasurer); Michael Mori (past chair); Marie-Annick Beliveau (director); Dean Burry (director); Patrick Hansen (director); Sandra Horst (director); Amy Mushinski (director); Jennifer Szeto (director); Daniel Trup (director); Aria Umezawa (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Professional Opera Companies of Canada/compagnies d'Opera Professionelles du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861514321RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.