Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 119151108RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,811,437) as filed with the CRA.
Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.6M in revenue and $8.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 89 qualified donees totalling $166K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Home of the Guardian Angel.
In its own words
1) we are a religious congregation of roman catholic women; 2) we teach in schools; 3) we provide health-related services (e.g. Counseling social work nursing); 4) we provide pastoral care; 5) we provide ministries for women youth and children the sick and aging and the poor and suffering; and 6) we support financially and with members overseas missionary activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.6M | $8.8M | $6.7M | $18K | $166K | $32.5M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $8.7M | $6.5M | $79K | $164K | $34.2M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $18.5M | $16.5M | $68K | $189K | $33.5M |
| 2021 | $10M | $10.4M | $8.6M | $7,282 | $175K | $51.1M |
| 2020 | $5.3M | $8.7M | $6.9M | $84K | $155K | $48.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $166K to 89 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Home of the Guardian Angel$20K
- OMI Lacombe Canada Inc.$13K
- Living Language Institute Foundation$12K
- Mount Saint Vincent University$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,000
- Second Stage Housing Association of Dartmouth$3,000
- Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic Association$3,000
- Mission Communautaire de Montréal / Montreal City Mission$3,000
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$3,000
- Cumberland Regional Library Board$3,000
- The Canadian Jesuit Missions$3,000
- Adsum Association for Women & Children$3,000
- Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - Nova Scotia Branch$2,500
- Veith House$2,500
- The United Church of Canada$2,500
- Transforming Faces Worldwide$2,500
- YWCA Hamilton$2,500
- Vincent de Paul-Conseil national du Canada Society of Saint-Vincent de Paul-National council of Canada$2,500
- Scientists in School$2,500
- Roots of Empathy$2,500
- PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society$2,500
- Onechild Network & Support Inc$2,500
- Himalayan Life Canada$2,500
- Family SOS Association$2,500
- Elora Road Christian Fellowship Inc.$2,500
Received $18K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$950K
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 Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119151108RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.