Société historique du Saguenay
Publicly funded institution · Chicoutimi, Quebec · BN 104914247RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($693,445) as filed with the CRA.
Société historique du Saguenay is a private foundation based in Chicoutimi, Quebec, 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, 2024, it reported $759K in revenue and $693K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,000.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $75K in 2024, the largest being $75K to Fondation communautaire du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $495K in 2020 to $759K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Diffuser l'histoire de la région du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (publications conférences visites historiques etc.) Amasser tous les documents concernant la région du Saguenya-Lac-St-Jean (archives journaux photocopies films etc.) Conserver et traiter tous ces documents et les rendre accessibles à la populations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $759K | $693K | — | — | $75K | $650K |
| 2023 | $664K | $660K | — | — | $75K | $584K |
| 2022 | $569K | $637K | — | — | $15K | $580K |
| 2021 | $541K | $530K | — | — | $25K | $638K |
| 2020 | $495K | $376K | — | — | — | $627K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $75K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$454K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Coutu (président); Guy Wells (vice-président); Yves Laperrière (administrateur); Jean-Claude Martel (secrétaire); Mélissa Tremblay (trésorière); François Guérard (administrateur); Érik Langevin (administrateur); Janick Tremblay (administrateur); Michel Thiffault (administrateur); Loic Chartier (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Société historique du Saguenay’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104914247RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.