Providence Living Society
Publicly funded institution · Comox, British Columbia · BN 735969099RR0001 · Relief of the Aged
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,438,620) as filed with the CRA.
Providence Living Society is a charitable organization based in Comox, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $42.6M in revenue and $44.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.3M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 213 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $17.4M in 2020 to $42.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Providence living society sets a new canadian standard for long-term care by completely re-imagining the experience of seniors and others in need of care replacing homes with genuine communities. The current facility the views at st. Joseph's located in the comox valley provides care to 156 residents. The society is developing a new 156 bed long-term community modeled on the concept of a dementia village on the current site of the views at st. Joseph's. Since december 2022 providence living society operates central city lodge which has 100 long-term care beds and 22 addiction recovery …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $42.6M | $44.4M | $40.1M | — | — | $42.8M |
| 2023 | $28M | $28.4M | $25.7M | — | — | $44.5M |
| 2022 | $21.4M | $21.3M | $19.6M | — | — | $663K |
| 2021 | $20.5M | $20.2M | $18.6M | — | — | $539K |
| 2020 | $17.4M | $17.2M | $16M | — | — | $266K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5.3M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions213
- Total compensation, all staff$35.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandra Heath (past chair); Anthony Baena (board chair); Frederick Horne (board vice-chair); Christopher Kelsey (board secretary); Carla Gregor (board treasurer); Kathryn Perkins (director); Maria Harris (director); Craig Crawford (director); Daniel Wilton (director); Nelson Kwan (director); Rod Voth (director); James O'Dea (director); Romayne Gallagher (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Providence Living Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 735969099RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.