Standards Council of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119162774RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,294,023) as filed with the CRA.
Standards Council of Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $38.7M in revenue and $37.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 23 grantmaking 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 position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 164 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) oversees Canadian standards development and facilitates international standards involvement and bilateral partnerships. SCC provides policy guidance and leads impactful public policy initiatives. It accredits conformity assessment bodies such as testing laboratories and product certifiers to internationally recognized standards and offers training to enhance accreditation. Representing Canada in organizations like ISO IEC and more SCC oversees international and local standardization and trade facilitation. It promotes understanding of standards' benefit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38.7M | $37.3M | $23.9M | — | — | $10.5M |
| 2023 | $33.4M | $32.5M | $195.6M | — | — | $9M |
| 2022 | $29.6M | $28.4M | $17.1M | — | — | $8.1M |
| 2021 | $27.8M | $27.7M | $17M | — | — | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $29.4M | $29.2M | $18.8M | — | — | $6.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions164
- Total compensation, all staff$22.8M
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 Standards Council of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119162774RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.