The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107951618RR0454 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,936,489) as filed with the CRA.
The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $662K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $3.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.2M to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We assist and support all salvation army units within the province of quebec in carrying out their eleemosynary educational and other benevolent objectives and purposes of the salvation army. The activities of the organization shall be carried out without the purpose for gain for its members and any profits or the accretions to the organization will be used in promoting its objectives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $4.9M | $997K | — | $3.9M | $11.6M |
| 2023 | $5M | $5.6M | $1.5M | $603 | $4M | $10.8M |
| 2022 | $11.5M | $7M | $1.4M | $32K | $5.6M | $11.4M |
| 2021 | $8.4M | $7.1M | $2.2M | $52K | $4.6M | $6.9M |
| 2020 | $5.5M | $8.3M | $2.4M | $95K | $5.6M | $5.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.9M to 12 qualified donees:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$1.2M
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$655K
- Service d'Aide a la Famille et des Services Communautaires de l'Armee du Salut/the Salvation Army Community and Family Services -Montreal$508K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$380K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$313K
- Armee du Salut-Eglise Communautaire Nouveaux départs$247K
- The Salvation Army Light of Hope Family Church (lumiere d'espoir$129K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$110K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$95K
- The Salvation Army Eglise Communautaire de l'Outaouais$77K
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$65K
- Centre Communautaire Chrétien de Saint-Jérome - Eglise de la Restauration$50K
Received $662K from 12 charities:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$556K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$50K
- The Jeffery Hale Foundation$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,691
- The Birks Family Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,000
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$3,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$2,446
- Association de l'eau vivante internationale / Living Waters international fellowship$772
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$95
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$49
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$540K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roxanne Jennings (vice-chair); Lee Graves (chair); John Chamness (chief executive officer); Keith Pike (chief operating officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107951618RR0454), or read how we compute the receipt.