The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 108075904RR0008 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,240,181) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $22.5M in revenue and $15.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 60 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 67 qualified donees totalling $2.8M in 2024, the largest being $511K to The Foundation of St. Joseph Seminary and Newman Theological College. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Teaching the catholic faith: evangelization; advancement of catholic religion; provide pastoral care and support; providing ministry support; provide pastoral services; direct the affairs of the archdiocese
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.5M | $15.2M | $11.4M | $295K | $2.9M | $34.5M |
| 2023 | $18.3M | $14.8M | $11.1M | $257K | $2.9M | $27.3M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $18.6M | $11.3M | $94K | $6.6M | $23.9M |
| 2021 | $19.5M | $11.9M | $8.5M | $78K | $2.9M | $35.8M |
| 2020 | $18.3M | $13M | $9.7M | $324K | $2.4M | $28.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.8M to 67 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Foundation of St. Joseph Seminary and Newman Theological College$511K
- The Sign of Hope Society Archdiocese of Edmonton$327K
- The Catholic Parish of ST Joseph's Cathedral$270K
- Concacan Inc.$250K
- Catholic Social Services$163K
- ST Joseph's College$148K
- The Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes$142K
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Edmonton Central Council$120K
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Mackenzie-Fort Smith$119K
- The Catholic Parish of the Sacred Heart$80K
- St. Joseph Priests' Foundation of Edmonton$74K
- The Society for the Propagation of the Faith for Canada English Sector$74K
- Commissariat de Terre Sainte au Canada/commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada$74K
- Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage Company$70K
- R C Parish of the Assumption$47K
- The Catholic Parish of ST Francis Xavier$31K
- RC Diocese of Calgary$30K
- The Catholic Parish of Holy Family$26K
- Cnewa Canada$25K
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Toronto in Canada$20K
- ST Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf$20K
- ST Theresa's Roman Catholic Church$20K
- The Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows$15K
- La Paroisse Catholique de ST. Thomas d'Aquin$13K
- The Catholic Parish of the Annunciation$11K
Received $1.8M from 60 charities:
- Catholic Parish of ST Thomas More$480K
- Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries$411K
- Carmelite Nuns of Western Canada$200K
- ST Theresa's Roman Catholic Church$73K
- The Catholic Parish of Holy Trinity$40K
- The Catholic Parish of ST John the Evangelist$40K
- The Catholic Parish of the Good Shepherd$38K
- La Paroisse Catholique de ST. Albert$37K
- ST. Andrews Parish$35K
- Chinese Catholic Parish (edmonton)$33K
- ST John Bosco Parish of Clareview-Hermitage$26K
- The Catholic Parish of the Holy Rosary$26K
- The Catholic Parish of ST Anthony$26K
- The Catholic Parish of St. Michael-Leduc$24K
- Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church$22K
- The Catholic Parish of ST. Charles$20K
- The Twin Roman Catholic Parishes of ST. Agnes and ST. Anthony$20K
- The Catholic Parish of Our Lady Queen of Poland$19K
- The Catholic Parish of the Sacred Heart$16K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$15K
- The Catholic Parish of ST Anthony$14K
- The Catholic Parish of the Blessed Sacrament$13K
- The Catholic Parish of ST. Matthew$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- ST. Jung Ha Sang Catholic Parish$9,860
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Smith (archbishop); Jim Corrigan (vicar general); Philip Creurer (chancellor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108075904RR0008), or read how we compute the receipt.