The Catholic Register
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 842120685RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,936,964) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Register is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 24% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,167.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The catholic register publishes a weekly newspaper (47 issues per year) primarily for roman catholic subscribers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | -$404K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | -$305K |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | -$177K |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.8M | — | — | -$123K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.8M | — | — | -$98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,167 from 9 charities:
- Conam Charitable Foundation$500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- The Generalate of the Sisters of the Precious Blood$375
- The Basilian Fathers of the University of ST. Michael's College$250
- Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate Provincial Home$200
- Canadahelps Canadon$192
- Jesuit Community Ottawa Corp$150
- Les Missionnaires Oblates de Saint-Boniface—
- The Sisters of the Presentation—
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$674K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Francis Leo (chairman); John Boissonneau (director); Edward Curtis (director); James Milway (director); Michael Schuck (director); John Mulhall (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Register’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842120685RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.