Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society
Charitable organization · ST Jacobs, Ontario · BN 139322267RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,188,080) as filed with the CRA.
Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society is a charitable organization based in ST Jacobs, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Restoration preservation and operation of heritage canadian railway locomotives passenger coaches and other railway equipment. The organization has a shortline railway license under the shortline railway act of ontario and offers passenger train service is offered to the public on the heritage railway equipment as the sole financial means to maintain ans operate the heritage railway collection. This is all done as a primarily volunteer operation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.2M | $767K | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1M | $677K | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $757K | $478K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $363K | $603K | $392K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $825K | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Banks (president); John Vieth (secretary); Irvon Weber (director); Russ Deacon (vice president); Craig Grant (director); Bob Fallowfield (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139322267RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.