The Wheatland Regional Library
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 129976262RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,987,384) as filed with the CRA.
The Wheatland Regional Library is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provide public library services to approximately 92 000 citizens of west-central saskatchewan. Wheatland regional library is governed by the public libraries act rss 1984 and regulations under the act. These indicate the activities and programs which it is the library's responsibility to provide in furthering the objectives of the regional library service and constitute the governing docments.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.6M | — | — | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $4.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$714K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gayle Brown (chairperson); Colleen Sekulich (director); David Greenwood (director); Gary Philipchuk (director); Linda Fuglerud (director); Erica Baerwald (director); Helen Harvey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wheatland Regional Library’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129976262RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.