Surrey Public Library
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 121391882RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($26,116,288) as filed with the CRA.
Surrey Public Library is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, 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 $27.6M in revenue and $26.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $305K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 133 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $20 in 2024, the largest being $20 to Surreycares Community Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16.8M in 2020 to $27.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Providing library services to the general public particularly the residents of the city of surrey; maintaining and managing a collection of publications and media both print and electronic for reading viewing and research; providing a variety of programs for a demographically and culturally diverse population.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.6M | $26.1M | $23.9M | $167K | $20 | $7.4M |
| 2023 | $25.7M | $25.6M | $23.5M | $130K | $1,720 | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $24.3M | $24M | $22.1M | $84K | $48 | $5.6M |
| 2021 | $22.8M | $22.4M | $20.4M | $95K | $578 | $5.4M |
| 2020 | $16.8M | $17.2M | $15.6M | $40K | $45 | $5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $305K from 9 charities:
- Surreycares Community Foundation$227K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Vancouver Foundation$5,712
- The Western Communities Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$647
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$558
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$34
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
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions133
- Total compensation, all staff$19.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Surinder Bhogal (secretary to board).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Surrey Public Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121391882RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.