Skills Canada-Ontario Competences Canada-Ontario
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 894205491RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,349,387) as filed with the CRA.
Skills Canada-Ontario Competences Canada-Ontario is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $7.9M in revenue and $7.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 40% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $782K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $7.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Ontario skilled trades and technological competition including qualifying competiton coordinate the ontario team for the canadian skills competition in school presentations for grade 7 & 8 and secondary grades in ontario employability skills camp for youth in ontario (summer program) elementary and secondary cardboard boat races and video challenges elementary workshops related to skilled trades skills work for women 'networking dinners' & conference.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.9M | $7.3M | $6.9M | $11K | — | $5.9M |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $6.5M | $6.1M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $3.9M | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $722K | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $23K | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $782K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Armstrong (president); Bryan Arnold (director); Carlee Kustermans (treasurer); Mary Fuke (director); Alex Hocevar (director); Ian Howcroft (director); Gael Loro (secretary); Jody Lundrigan (director); David Morley (vice president); Andrew Pariser (director); Michael Sherrard (director); Darryl Spector (past president); Clarice Ward (director); Carolyn Hepburn (director); Helen Viveiros (director); Lina Shamoun (director); Ann Marie Vaughan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Skills Canada-Ontario Competences Canada-Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894205491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.