Université du Québec À Montréal
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 108161159RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($665,184,685) as filed with the CRA.
Université du Québec À Montréal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $670.9M in revenue and $665.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 2,839 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.5M in 2024, the largest being $1.5M to Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
La mission de l'université consiste à former des étudiants et à contributer à l'avancement des connaissances par des activités de recherche. Toutes les ressources de l'université ont été dépensées dans le cadre le cardre de sa mission par le billet des cours et des programmes offerts ainsi que par les nombreux projets de recherche.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $670.9M | $665.2M | $609.4M | — | $1.5M | -$56.5M |
| 2023 | $625.3M | $627.7M | — | — | $1.5M | -$61.8M |
| 2022 | $587.6M | $598.8M | $551.4M | — | $1.5M | $0 |
| 2021 | $564.7M | $569.8M | $526.3M | — | $1.5M | -$57.5M |
| 2020 | $562.3M | $562.8M | — | — | $1.5M | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.5M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $8.6M from 12 charities:
- Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal$8.4M
- Aqueduct Foundation$80K
- La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation$72K
- Fondation du grand défi Pierre Lavoie$40K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$40K
- Ivey Foundation$15K
- Ceric$12K
- London Community Foundation$10K
- Fondation Famille Vachon$10K
- Fondation Laure Gaudreault$4,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,166
- Fondation Felix Goyer$2,100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9997 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,839
- Total compensation, all staff$347.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stéphane Pallage (recteur); Simon Prévost (président/vice-président); Christian Agbobli (vice-recteur à la recherche); Guylaine Landry (vice-rectrice au développ); Olivier Simard (vice-recteur à l'adminis); Sébastien Dorais (représentant des employées); Marion Fivel (représentante représent); Lucie Lefebvre (représentante des cadres); Méliane Carrier-Favreau (représentante des étudiantes); Caroline Tessier (directrice du service des); Maryléne Drouin (directride du secrétariat); Marie-Hélène Fandrich (directrice du secrétariat); Véronique Laffitte (secrétariant des instances).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Université du Québec À Montréal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108161159RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.