The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mississauga Vancouver & Western Canada
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 803847375RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($761,426) as filed with the CRA.
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mississauga Vancouver & Western Canada is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $761K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $303K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $39K in 2024, the largest being $39K to Pope Cyrillos the Sixth Coptic Orthodox Church. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The coptic orthodox diocese of mississauga vancouver & western canada (the 'diocese') is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the canada not-for-profit corporations act on july 10 2014. The diocese was established to advance religion by teaching the religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the coptic orthodox faith. The diocese aims to advance religion by providing general management governance direction and control over the coptic orthodox churches in the diocese according to the principles of faith mission and order of the coptic orthodox church.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $761K | — | — | $39K | $9.3M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $911K | $1M | — | $287K | $7.9M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $722K | $628K | — | $76K | $6.9M |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $637K | $462K | — | — | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $635K | $441K | — | $70K | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $39K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $303K from 8 charities:
- St. George & St. Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church$102K
- ST. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church Kitchener Ontario$50K
- Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church of Oakville$48K
- Archangel Raphael & St. Marina Coptic Orthodox Church$48K
- Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Church of Saint Paul the Anchorite$28K
- Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria the Church of the Virgin Mary and ST Athanasius$27K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$211
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$174K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bishop Mina (director); Pope Tawadros (director); Mamdouh Georgious (treasurer & signing off).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mississauga Vancouver & Western Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803847375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.