Télé-Université
Publicly funded institution · Québec, Quebec · BN 850543448RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($83,001,746) as filed with the CRA.
Télé-Université is a charitable organization based in Québec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $84.9M in revenue and $83M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $154K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 403 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
La télé-université a été constituée aux fins de l'enseignement universitaire et la recherche par les modes de l'enseignement à distance. La télé-université s'incrit dans la catégorie des activités de bienfaisance visant l'avancement de l'éducation. Sa mission est de servir le développement des personnes et de la société par le moyen de l'enseignement et de la recherche universitaires. Toutes les ressources de l'université ont été dépensées dans le cadre de sa mission par la biais des cours et des programmes offerts ainsi que par les nombreux projets de recherche et de services à la collectiv…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84.9M | $83M | — | — | — | $26.7M |
| 2023 | $75.1M | $67.9M | $55.4M | — | — | $24.9M |
| 2022 | $69.7M | $63.7M | $51.9M | — | — | $17.1M |
| 2021 | $69.6M | $60M | $49.4M | — | — | $10.9M |
| 2020 | $58.3M | $56.1M | $46M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $154K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions403
- Total compensation, all staff$69.2M
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 Télé-Université’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850543448RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.