The Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 118852185RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($63,984,107) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex is a charitable organization based in London, 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 $62.6M in revenue and $64M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 350 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Investigate allegations that children may be in need of protection/provide guidance counselling and other services to families for protection of children and for the prevention of circumstances requiring protection of children. Protect children when necessary/supervise children in their own home when they have been assigned by the Family Court to the Society's supervision as a child in need of protection under the Child and Family Services Act/care for children committed under the Child and Family's Services Act to the Society's care/place children for adoption. Provide extended care for you…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62.6M | $64M | $63M | $280 | $0 | -$4.5M |
| 2023 | $58.6M | $62.2M | $60.7M | $2,307 | — | -$3.1M |
| 2022 | $57.9M | $57.7M | — | $1,582 | — | $504K |
| 2021 | $57.8M | $55.3M | $54M | $1,938 | — | $249K |
| 2020 | $61M | $59.4M | $58M | $2,640 | — | -$2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 12 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,510
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,307
- London Community Foundation$5,200
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,410
- F & CS Employees Charity Fund Inc$1,850
- Crawford Macleod Foundation$1,000
- Smith Family Foundation$1,000
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$650
- United Way of Greater Toronto$262
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
- Children's Aid Foundation of Canada—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions350
- Total compensation, all staff$32.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Armstrong (vice chair); Marg Parks (board chair); Bill Penny (director); David Smith (secretary); Isha Wadhwa (director); R. Andrew Canham (director); Debra Hunt Long (treasurer); Ryan Million (director); Sandra Datars Bere (director); Eric Simard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118852185RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.