The Army Cadet League of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 108071564RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($650,993) as filed with the CRA.
The Army Cadet League of Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $690K in revenue and $651K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 25 names.
In its own words
The mission of the army cadet league of canada (the 'national league') is to provide essential support to the royal canadian army cadet program in partnership with the canadian armed forces. The national league is the national governing body of a vast network of affiliated provincial/territorial and local-level civilian organizations and their volunteers which together provide support to the royal canadian army cadet program in partnership with the canadian armed forces. As the national governing body the national league provides oversight training and centralized resources to its network …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $690K | $651K | $484K | $44K | — | $935K |
| 2023 | $702K | $752K | $563K | $52K | — | $896K |
| 2022 | $643K | $620K | $141K | — | — | $958K |
| 2021 | $650K | $532K | $143K | — | — | $935K |
| 2020 | $809K | $535K | $59K | — | — | $816K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 6 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$279K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy Bach (president and chair); Ruby Brydges (executive vice president); Michael Johnson (treasurer); Glenda Ouellette (vp at large); Robert Gill (executive director); Martin Diegel (solictor); Gilles Dery (past president - quebec); Paul Westcott (director - newfoundland); Martin Perry (director - pei); Patrick Peterson (director - new brunswick); Ian McVicar (director - nova scotia); Jean Lord (director - quebec); Rick Brown (director - ontario); Linda Wall (director - manitoba); Tina Bird (director - saskatchewan); Kara Hughes (director - alberta); Christine Alexander (director - bc); Frank May (director - nunavut); Steven Daniel (director - nt); Gerard Buckley (director at large); Gilles Levasseur (director at large); Nic Ouellette (director at large); Peter Secord (director at large); Charlene Orrell (director at large); Mark Osmond (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Army Cadet League of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108071564RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.