Western Counties Regional Library Board
Publicly funded institution · Yarmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 108199746RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,962,686) as filed with the CRA.
Western Counties Regional Library Board is a charitable organization based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Public library services to digby shelburne and yarmouth counties 10 branches.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.1M | — | — | $925K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $28K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Bourque (director); Shaun Hatfield (director); Carl Deveau (director); George Manzer (director); Sherry Thorburn Irvine (chair); Patti Durkee (director); Louann Link (director); Ben Cleveland (vice chair); Kent Balish (director); Elizabeth Acker (director); Wade Cleveland (director); Ellen Burton (director); Patrice Simpron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Western Counties Regional Library Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108199746RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.