Upper Canada Playhouse
Charitable organization · Morrisburg, Ontario · BN 119279669RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,123,691) as filed with the CRA.
Upper Canada Playhouse is a charitable organization based in Morrisburg, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,698.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $217K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024.
In its own words
Production of a 12-show season of live professional theatre and concerts conduct a summer theatre school for local youth culminating with a limited audience capacity public showcase. Continue the community living onstage program offering drama workshops to community living clients culminating in a limited capacity public christmas show.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $755K | $3,331 | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $714K | $4,352 | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $914K | $832K | $567K | $6,447 | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $496K | $411K | $253K | $4,395 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $217K | $356K | $132K | $13K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,698 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$568K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Upper Canada Playhouse’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119279669RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.