Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada
Charitable organization · Georgetown, Ontario · BN 119288918RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,824,892) as filed with the CRA.
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Georgetown, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $155.6M in revenue and $79.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 1101 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30.8M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1,172 qualified donees totalling $44M in 2024, the largest being $17.6M to JW Congregation Support. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
'During the 2024 fiscal year Watch Tower Canada advanced the Christian religion practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada by: a) advancing public religious ministry and worship based on the Word of God that uplifts people mentally morally and physically; • Arranged and rented facilities for 60 annual conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses and interested persons held in 23 locations across Canada in 19 languages (American Sign Language Arabic Chinese Mandarin Chinese Cantonese English French Haitian Creole Quebec Sign Language Iloko Italian Korean Portuguese (Brazil) Punjabi S…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $155.6M | $79.8M | $33.3M | — | $43.9M | $339.4M |
| 2023 | $142.2M | $75.5M | $33.4M | — | $39.5M | $263.7M |
| 2022 | $143.5M | $61.5M | $26.3M | — | $33.5M | $197M |
| 2021 | $151.4M | $57.4M | $28.4M | — | $27.5M | $115M |
| 2020 | $103.7M | $69.3M | $44.8M | — | $23.2M | $21M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $44M to 1,172 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- JW Congregation Support$17.6M
- La Tour de Garde Société de Bibles et de Traités du Québec$323K
- Castle Heights Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Ottawa Ontario$88K
- East Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Sudbury Ontario$56K
- Forest Lawn Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Calgary Alberta$56K
- Prospect Lake Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Victoria British Columbia$55K
- Markville Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Markham Ontario$55K
- Hillcrest Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Richmond Hill Ontario$55K
- Sherwood Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Toronto Ontario$54K
- Alliston Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Alliston Ontario$51K
- Glenelm Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Regina Saskatchewan$51K
- Cedarhill Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Ottawa Ontario$48K
- Mayfield Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses$48K
- Riverdale Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses$48K
- Iqaluit congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Iqaluit Nunavut$47K
- Cherrywood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Pickering Ontario$47K
- Hanlon Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Guelph Ontario$47K
- Patterson Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Grande Prairie Alberta$47K
- Springbank Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Calgary Alberta$46K
- Dixon Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Toronto Ontario$46K
- Mount Douglas Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Victoria British Columbia$46K
- Coldstream Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Vernon British Columbia$46K
- Oliver Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Oliver British Columbia$45K
- Bay Ridges Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Pickering Ontario$45K
- Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Oshawa Ontario$45K
Received $30.8M from 1,101 charities:
- La Tour de Garde Société de Bibles et de Traités du Québec$2.3M
- Columbia Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Waterloo Ontario$1.5M
- Keswick Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Keswick Ontario$1.3M
- Silver Heights Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Winnipeg Manitoba$956K
- Simcoe Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Simcoe Ontario$497K
- Centreville Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Centreville Nova Scotia$474K
- Fort Erie Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Fort Erie Ontario$350K
- Cobden Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Cobden Ontario$330K
- North Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Chilliwack British Columbia$313K
- Claresholm Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses$238K
- Baddeck Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Baddeck Nova Scotia$170K
- Oriole Parkway Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Toronto Ontario$151K
- Tynehead Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Surrey British Columbia$145K
- Aurora Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Aurora Ontario$123K
- JW Congregation Support$100K
- Stanley Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Kitchener Ontario$97K
- Baie Verte Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Baie Verte Newfoundland$93K
- Okanagan Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Vernon British Columbia$81K
- Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Montreal Quebec /Assemblée des Témoins de Jéhovah de Montréal-Parc$80K
- Murrayville Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Langley British Columbia$80K
- Deer Lake Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Vancouver British Columbia$77K
- Terrace Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Terrace British Columbia$67K
- Eastside Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Red Deer Alberta$67K
- Leduc Alberta Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses$65K
- Creston Valley Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Creston British Columbia$62K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Warren Shewfelt (president); Walter Trubyk (vice president); John MacEwan (secretary); Rodney Jung (director); Warren Shewfelt (director); Walter Trubyk (director); John MacEwan (director); Graham Pratt (director); Graham Pratt (treasurer); Man Kam Cheung (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119288918RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.