Toronto French School
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 108101056RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($63,785,029) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto French School is a charitable organization based in North York, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $65.5M in revenue and $63.8M in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.9M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 287 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Educational institution - primary middle and secondary school
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65.5M | $63.8M | $54.6M | — | — | $38.3M |
| 2023 | $61M | $58.2M | $49.1M | — | — | $38.3M |
| 2022 | $55.1M | $53.1M | $45.5M | — | — | $35.1M |
| 2021 | $50.6M | $50.5M | $42.7M | — | — | $19M |
| 2020 | $51.2M | $48.5M | $40.4M | — | — | $19M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.9M from 3 charities:
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
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions287
- Total compensation, all staff$44M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roger Poirier (chair officer); Shernee Chandaria (director); Robert Galaski (director); Matthew Mortazavi (director); Nora Nestor (director); Josee Turcotte (director); Norman Gaudet (head of school/ceo); Shyrose Janmohamed (treasurer); Rehana Persad (secretary); Mitch Frazer (director); Adina Notto (director); Limin Yang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto French School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108101056RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.