Queens County Transit Society
Publicly funded institution · Liverpool, Nova Scotia · BN 769407289RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($419,204) as filed with the CRA.
Queens County Transit Society is a charitable organization based in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $447K in revenue and $419K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $222K in 2020 to $447K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Queens county transit society provides efficient low cost accessible transportation on a door to door basis to all residents and visitors of queens county in the province of nova scotia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $447K | $419K | $391K | — | — | $194K |
| 2023 | $385K | $350K | $335K | — | — | $166K |
| 2022 | $272K | $284K | $250K | — | — | $130K |
| 2021 | $247K | $145K | $84K | — | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $222K | $201K | $0 | — | $0 | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$187K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Doggett (director); Michael Metcalfe (treasurer); Tara Smith (president); Donald Kimball (director); Bruce Inglis (director); Shelley Walker (vice president); Gilbert Johnson (director); Norm Amirault (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Queens County Transit Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 769407289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.