The Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North)
Publicly funded institution · Port Hardy, British Columbia · BN 107962581RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($28,376,956) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North) is a charitable organization based in Port Hardy, British Columbia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $26.5M in revenue and $28.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,300.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range.
In its own words
We are responsible for offering public education programs (from Kindergarten to Grade 12) on Northern Vancouver Island BC.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $26.5M | $28.4M | $25.7M | — | — | $8.3M |
| 2023 | $24.9M | $25.2M | $19.5M | — | — | $33.3M |
| 2022 | $23.8M | $19.4M | $18.2M | — | — | $14.5M |
| 2021 | $23.7M | $25.9M | $22.9M | — | — | $13.8M |
| 2020 | $22.6M | $21.7M | $20.5M | — | — | -$18.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,300 from 2 charities:
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
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$21.9M
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 The Board of Education of School District No. 85 (Vancouver Island North)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107962581RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.