The Town of York Historical Society
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108101627RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($326,570) as filed with the CRA.
The Town of York Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $295K in revenue and $327K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 30% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $533.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES The Society's museum holds thousands of objects in its collections which relate to the postal and communications history of Canada as well as the Town of York and the early City of Toronto. It also maintains a research library on these same topics each are available to the public and researchers. EXHIBITIONS The permanent exhibits at Toronto's First Post Office are The Royal Mail and Toronto 1837. These tell the stories of communication in the early city and of the structures and natural landscape of the Town of York (1793-1834). These exhibits reflect the core p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $295K | $327K | $59K | $8,741 | — | $550K |
| 2023 | $382K | $309K | $217K | $9,752 | — | $502K |
| 2022 | $244K | $235K | $158K | $3,627 | — | $429K |
| 2021 | $270K | $260K | $179K | $3,769 | — | $419K |
| 2020 | $291K | $231K | $168K | $4,607 | — | $409K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $533 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$210K
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 Town of York Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108101627RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.