World Animal Protection Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 129719076RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,480,207) as filed with the CRA.
World Animal Protection Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.3M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 32 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $624K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
World Animal Protection carries out programs to address the systems that cause cruelty and suffering to animals around the globe. We care for and provide sanctuary for captive wildlife that cannot be returned to the wild. We undertake animal rescue programs including moving wildlife to higher-welfare settings. We conduct education and awareness programs to encourage respect for animals and facilitate behaviour change. We research and produce reports on issues affecting animals and their welfare. We provide governments and the public with information on policy legislation and best practices a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $5.5M | $4M | $1.1M | — | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $5.7M | $4M | $1.3M | — | -$1 |
| 2022 | $5M | $6.3M | $4.2M | $1.8M | — | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $6.3M | $6.1M | $4M | $1.8M | — | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $6.5M | $6.2M | $4.1M | $1.9M | — | $4.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $624K from 32 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$89K
- The Annual Foundation$80K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Eden Conservation Trust$60K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$57K
- Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation$50K
- The James A. and Donna-Mae Moore Foundation$35K
- The H. John McDonald Foundation$30K
- Temerty Foundation$25K
- The Calgary Foundation$12K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,209
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,600
- Link Charity Canada Inc$2,358
- Canada Gives$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,458
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,150
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$740
- United Way of Greater Toronto$520
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Vancouver Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$456
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maureen Armstrong (chair); Colin Saravanamuttoo (secretary); Myers Jaince (director); Michelle Seguin (treasurer); Nancy Roulston (director); Brittany Semeniuk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from World Animal Protection Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129719076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.