The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Toronto
Charitable organization · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 107983579RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,322,293) as filed with the CRA.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 88% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 18 qualified donees totalling $236K in 2024, the largest being $87K to Chisholm Foundation for Children. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $5.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Care of elderly. Outreach program to families and individuals (mostly women). Educational sponsorships for students in need. Operation of chaplaincy. We hold worship services daily.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $6.3M | $6M | — | $236K | $6.6M |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $7M | $6.7M | — | $122K | $7.2M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $5.3M | $5.1M | — | $94K | $8.8M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $4.9M | $4.6M | — | $115K | $11.5M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $3.7M | $3.5M | — | $91K | $9.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $236K to 18 qualified donees:
- Chisholm Foundation for Children$87K
- North York Harvest Food Bank$50K
- York Region Rose of Sharon Services for Young Mothers$28K
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Ontario Regional Council$11K
- Sharelife$10K
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto$10K
- Covenant House Toronto$7,000
- The Yonge Street Mission$7,000
- Restorative Justice Housing Ontario$6,000
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$5,000
- Chisholm Services for Children$4,000
- Nativity of Our Lord Parish$4,000
- Becoming Neighbours Joint Apostolic Ministry$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,000
- The Jesuit Seminary Association (subsidiary of the Jesuit Fathers Upper Canada)$1,000
- Rosalie Hall$1,000
- St.anthony of Padua Mission Aid$500
- Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish$300
Received $10K from 1 charity:
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$162K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Herman Gilda Fernando (president); Tomasita Antigua (director); Mary Felicita Thuraisingham (secretary/treasurer); Barbara Wells (director/vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107983579RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.