Sylvan Lake Municipal Library
Publicly funded institution · Sylvan Lake, Alberta · BN 833000961RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($588,914) as filed with the CRA.
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is a charitable organization based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, 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 $657K in revenue and $589K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,523.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Story time Preschool Virtual Live with Miss Corrie Infant sensory Mess is Best Anime/Manga club Prism club Art attacks Mini Teen Adult Senior Book club Junior Adult (4) Film Society Little Free Pantry Stained Glass Workshop Summer Reading Club Tech Help Hogwarts Reading Club G.A.S.P (great after school program) Trivia Nights My Library Card - joint school program XOX Ladies Night Resume 101 Freedom to Read Week Book Talks Job Fair Knit Wits
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $657K | $589K | $423K | — | — | $557K |
| 2023 | $607K | $534K | $362K | — | — | $476K |
| 2022 | $578K | — | $336K | — | — | $418K |
| 2021 | $557K | $492K | $313K | — | — | $357K |
| 2020 | $568K | $521K | $320K | — | — | $293K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,523 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$461K
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 Sylvan Lake Municipal Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833000961RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.