Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 118928399RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,342,760) as filed with the CRA.
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Library Board is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, 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, 2023, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 263 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The regional municipality of wood buffalo library board is committed to enriching the lives of area residents through the provision of diverse resources and engaging programs. Ongoing programs include: access to ebooks audiobooks and online resources public computers free wi-fi and study rooms interlibrary loans programs for kids teens adults and families story times crafts art nights puppet shows and movie nights book clubs esl groups and literacy events indigenous programming and newcomer support rural and community outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $4.2M | $15K | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $5.4M | $4.1M | $68K | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $4.8M | $3.6M | $65K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $3.8M | $64K | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118928399RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.