The Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa Centre catholique pour immigrants - Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 129546560RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,477,244) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa Centre catholique pour immigrants - Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $17.7M in revenue and $17.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $466K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 146 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.9M in 2020 to $17.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity promotes and facilitates the reception of newcomers to canada. It also sensitizes the community to respond to newcomers needs and assists them in realizing their full potential.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.7M | $17.5M | $17M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $15.7M | $15.6M | $15.1M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $12.3M | $11.9M | $11.4M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $9.9M | $9.8M | $9.3M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $9.9M | $9.7M | $9.2M | — | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $466K from 10 charities:
- The Catholic Immigration Centre Foundation/la Fondation du Centre Catholique pour Immigrants$273K
- 8069697 Canada Centre$140K
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,407
- Canlat Foundation$1,000
- Abundance Canada$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$416
- Jesuit Community Ottawa Corp$350
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions146
- Total compensation, all staff$9.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Luise Czernenko Reid (president); Charles Fink (vice president); Christine Aubin (director); Pauline Gagne (secretary); Jama Kamal (vice president); Michael Molley (director); Crystal Shum (director); David Tobin (treasurer); Faduma Yusuf (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa Centre catholique pour immigrants - Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129546560RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.