Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Association of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 104642772RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,257,248) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Association of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $14.9M in revenue and $14.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $48K.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $14.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair j('The Royal') is recognized as the pre-eminent organization for presenting and promoting excellence in Canadian agriculture food and equestrian activities through world-class competition commerce education and entertainment. The Royal celebrated its 102nd year in 2024. The Royal continues to be the world's largest combined indoor agricultural and international equestrian competition. The main highlights of the Royal are Agricultural and Horse Shows The Discovery Zone youth engagement activities Culinary Academy and agri-food innovation and other e…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.9M | $14.3M | $2.9M | $568K | — | $9.8M |
| 2023 | $13.8M | $13.7M | $2.7M | $3,199 | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $15.9M | $15.3M | $2.8M | $1.1M | — | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $2.2M | $435K | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $2.4M | $210K | — | — | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $48K from 3 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Bonacini (director); Ari Ekstein (director); Crystal Mackay (director); Mary McKee (director); Joe Parker (director); Shelley Peterson (past president); Ray Stanton (president and chair of the); Derek Watchorn (director); Bruce Bowser (director); George Wood (director); Thomas Harbom (director); Di Langmuir (director); Cyrus Cooper (chief executive officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Association of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104642772RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.