The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa/la Societe de l'Aide a l'Enfance d'Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Gloucester, Ontario · BN 106914104RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($111,271,603) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa/la Societe de l'Aide a l'Enfance d'Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Gloucester, 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 $107.9M in revenue and $111.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $658K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 407 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
We provide care and protective services under the children youth and families act 2017 to children and youth residing in the city. Additionally we are lead agency to administer permanent compensation enhancement program funded by ministry of children community and social services of ontario made under the supporting retention in public services act 2022('srpsa'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $107.9M | $111.3M | $100M | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $105.9M | $106.2M | $93.4M | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2022 | $103M | $103.5M | $92.7M | — | — | $7.8M |
| 2021 | $97.2M | $97.2M | $87.7M | — | — | $9.4M |
| 2020 | $75.3M | $75.3M | $66.8M | — | — | $9.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $658K from 8 charities:
- Children's Aid Foundation of Ottawa$432K
- Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa/bureau des Services a la Jeunesse d'Ottawa$214K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,423
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,057
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$576
- Canadahelps Canadon$192
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
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions407
- Total compensation, all staff$42.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deanna Tremblay (board member); Anna Tosto (chair); Deborah Tunis (past chair); Catherine Mac Quarrie (board member); Charles Vincent (board member); Allison Seymor (board member); Brian Pagan (board member); Nicola Moodle (board member); Reynolds Michael (board member); Danielle Samuel (board member); Stephanie Adams (board member); Jean Saint-VIL (board member); Vanessa McGregor (board member); Larry Langlois (board member); Mashooda Syed (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Aid Society of Ottawa/la Societe de l'Aide a l'Enfance d'Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106914104RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.