Upper Canada College
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108163098RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($71,091,622) as filed with the CRA.
Upper Canada College is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $80.5M in revenue and $71.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from other charities. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56.9M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 260 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $156K in 2024, the largest being $156K to The Upper Canada College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Upper canada college provides education to boys at the primary and secondary levels. In addition during the summer months day-care and day camp activities are offered as well.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $80.5M | $71.1M | $61.9M | $4.7M | $156K | $43.5M |
| 2023 | $70.8M | $66.8M | $58.4M | $4.3M | $139K | $39.8M |
| 2022 | $62.4M | $61.3M | $54.1M | $3.2M | $312K | $38.7M |
| 2021 | $55M | $52.6M | $46.8M | $2.6M | $161K | $73.9M |
| 2020 | $61.4M | $56.8M | $50.5M | $3.3M | $167K | $38.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $156K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $56.9M from 32 charities:
- The Angel Gabriel Foundation$50M
- The Upper Canada College Foundation$4.8M
- The Edward and Suzanne Rogers Foundation$700K
- The Brian and Joannah Lawson Family Foundation$415K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$250K
- BenefAction Foundation$200K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$135K
- The Bickle-Wilder Foundation$100K
- The Caldwell Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$35K
- The Catherine and Fredrik Eaton Charitable Foundation$25K
- Allen Family Foundation$25K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$24K
- The Dalglish Family Foundation$20K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$12K
- Aqueduct Foundation$8,524
- Trust U/w/o George Henry Stedman$6,498
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,318
- Caron Thorburn Institute$5,000
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Clench House Foundation$5,000
- Hill Family Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,309
- Peter Wood Family Foundation$1,500
- The Don And Nita Reed Family Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over3 positions
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions260
- Total compensation, all staff$37.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nina Abdelmessih (board member); Richard Willoughby (board member); Karen Hacker (board member); Blake Hutcheson (board chair); Joannah Lawson (board member); Cynthia Schyff (board member); Joseph Wong (board member); Joel Feldberg (board member); David Morgenstern (board member); JP Mackay (board member); Ifedayo Kuye (board member); Elliot Johnson (ex officio board member); Michael Tulloch (ex officio chief justice); Sam McKinney (principal); Patti Macnicol (vp admin/board secreta); Tulloch Michael (ex officio chief justice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Upper Canada College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108163098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.