The Nova Scotia Salmon Association
Publicly funded institution · Bedford, Nova Scotia · BN 889978599RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,237,643) as filed with the CRA.
The Nova Scotia Salmon Association is a charitable organization based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $600 in 2024, the largest being $600 to Sackville Rivers Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Representing the interests of over 25 river associations and their members and the regional council of the atlantic salmon federation. Watershed stewardship and innovative aquatic habitat restoration. Protecting the fish their native waters the surrounding lands
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $851K | — | $192K | $1M |
| 2023 | $859K | $787K | $706K | — | — | $959K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | $58K | $613K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $817K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $6,178 | $5,000 | $845K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $600 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $28K from 4 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$485K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Blades (director); Alexander Leggat (director); Brendan Wilton (director); Conor Demone (director); Corey Mosher (president); Oliver Ling (director); Susan Heaslip (director); George Ferguson (honorary director); David Greenwood (treasurer); David Pace (vice president); Mike Bardsley (secretary); Barry Branfield (director); Matt Dort (director); Kate Sherin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nova Scotia Salmon Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889978599RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.