The York Pioneer and Historical Society
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119306447RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,574) as filed with the CRA.
The York Pioneer and Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $28K in revenue and $33K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 6% from government.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $230 in 2024, the largest being $230 to The Sharon Temple Museum Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18K in 2020 to $28K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Scadding Cabin our museum which is the oldest surviving house in Toronto is normally open to the public several times during the year as well as full time during the Canadian National Exhibition. Scadding Cabin is located in the CNE grounds is accessible to the public every day and is visited throughout the year by tourists and local residents walking in the park. The gardens and flower beds at the cabin are visited by hundreds of people every year. During the CNE programming included demonstrations of spinning pioneer gardens cabin history and monarch butterfly tagging. Other regular …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28K | $33K | $16K | — | $230 | $123K |
| 2023 | $112K | $105K | $99K | $289 | $206 | $309K |
| 2022 | -$16K | $13K | $9,076 | — | $105 | $301K |
| 2021 | $14K | $11K | $9,118 | — | $105 | $336K |
| 2020 | $18K | $29K | $26K | — | $220 | $337K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $230 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angus Palmer (president); Kayoko Smith (director); Bruce McCowan (editor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The York Pioneer and Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119306447RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.