The Bishop of Victoria
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 129950804RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,209,279) as filed with the CRA.
The Bishop of Victoria is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $409K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 35 qualified donees totalling $947K in 2024, the largest being $222K to The Catholic Independent Schools of the Diocese of Victoria. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
1. We provide administration services for the catholic parishes which constitute the roman catholic diocese on vancouver island. 2. We educate and facilitate social justice initiatives. 3. We provide religious services to catholic parishes. 4. We provide hospital pastoral care. 5. We provide ministry and religious educations to members. 6. We provide post secondary training for seminarians. 7. We donate funds to national and international missionary and emergency relief activities to other qualified charities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $3.2M | $1.5M | — | $969K | $13.6M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.1M | $2.2M | — | $1.1M | $12.2M |
| 2022 | $5.4M | $6.7M | $3.2M | — | $2.7M | $11.6M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $3.9M | $2.3M | — | $985K | $12.9M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $2.1M | — | $976K | $12.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $947K to 35 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Catholic Independent Schools of the Diocese of Victoria$222K
- ST Edward's Parish and Missions$129K
- The Bishop of Victoria$79K
- Holy Trinity Catholic Parish$71K
- The Bishop of Victoria$68K
- Holy Family Church and Missions$62K
- Development and Peace$47K
- Holy Cross Catholic Church$31K
- Port Hardy Catholic Church$31K
- The Bishop of Victoria$31K
- Commissariat de Terre Sainte au Canada/commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada$25K
- Saanich Peninsula Parish$16K
- The Bishop of Victoria$16K
- The Bishop of Victoria$15K
- The Bishop of Victoria$14K
- Concacan Inc.$12K
- The Society for the Propagation of the Faith for Canada English Sector$12K
- The Bishop of Victoria$7,646
- Church of the Ascension$7,404
- The Bishop of Victoria$7,041
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church$6,025
- Paroisse Francaise ST-Jean Baptiste$4,741
- St Mary's Parish$4,736
- St. Francis Xavier Parish$4,293
- Our Lady of Grace Parish$4,147
Received $409K from 30 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$116K
- Canadahelps Canadon$116K
- The Bishop of Victoria$17K
- Holy Family Church and Missions$15K
- The Bishop of Victoria$14K
- Saanich Peninsula Parish$12K
- Church of the Ascension$11K
- The Bishop of Victoria$11K
- Catholic Missions in Canada$10K
- The Bishop of Victoria$9,860
- Holy Family & Notre Dame Joint Parishes$7,183
- Holy Cross Catholic Church$6,840
- The Bishop of Victoria$6,279
- The Bishop of Victoria$6,115
- Holy Trinity Catholic Parish$5,839
- Our Lady of Grace Parish$5,250
- ST Edward's Parish and Missions$4,985
- Our Lady of Fatima Parish$4,970
- Our Lady of the Rosary Church$4,175
- The Bishop of Victoria$4,011
- The Bishop of Victoria$3,735
- St. Francis Xavier Parish$3,734
- The Bishop of Victoria$3,236
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,380
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gary Gordon (bishop); Jacqueline Marchand (chief financial officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bishop of Victoria’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129950804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.