York-Durham Heritage Railway Association
Charitable organization · Uxbridge, Ontario · BN 886074798RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,002,009) as filed with the CRA.
York-Durham Heritage Railway Association is a charitable organization based in Uxbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $135.
Compared with 335 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2022. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
YDHR continued with its work to restore and rebuild Canadian Heritage Railway Equipment while providing tours and special events of history in motion. We do this through offering festivals and events that utilize our heritage equipment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $2.4M | $3M | $1.2M | $0 | $0 | -$146K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $1,200 | — | $0 | $592K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $0 | $272K | $0 | $748K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $135 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$915K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
David Sweeney (director); Michael Jacula (director); John Perks (president/ ceo); Ron Layton (president).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from York-Durham Heritage Railway Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886074798RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.