The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119128858RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,576,870) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $83.5M in revenue and $79.6M in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 351 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Create and conduct specialty medical examinations for physicians. Accredit specialty training programs at canadian university medical schools. Assesss residency training to ensure specialty specific training requirements have been fulfilled. Provide a continuing professional development program to ensure fellows are engaged in maintenance ofknowledge. Undertake public policy initiatives to promote leadership in specialty medicine.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83.5M | $79.6M | $52.7M | — | — | $81.1M |
| 2023 | $80.8M | $79.7M | $50.3M | — | — | $76.4M |
| 2022 | $69M | $59.9M | $39.2M | — | — | $74.9M |
| 2021 | $68.8M | $57.2M | $32.7M | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $66.8M | $69M | $38.9M | — | — | $51M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over2 positions
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions351
- Total compensation, all staff$39.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119128858RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.