York Region District School Board
Publicly funded institution · Aurora, Ontario · BN 119306462RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,973,414,463) as filed with the CRA.
York Region District School Board is a charitable organization based in Aurora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $2B in revenue and $2B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $990K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 11,410 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,587 in 2024, the largest being $1,227 to Canadian Cancer Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Awards and scholarships are issued to students. Funds are used in schools for supplies and equipment to enhance school programs (ie music library technology)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2B | $2B | $645K | — | $1,587 | $1B |
| 2023 | $1.7B | $1.7B | $391K | — | — | $987.4M |
| 2022 | $1.7B | $1.6B | $594K | — | — | $958.1M |
| 2021 | $1.7B | $1.6B | $320K | — | $500K | $932.1M |
| 2020 | $1.6B | $2.6B | $370K | — | — | $852.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,587 to 2 qualified donees:
- Canadian Cancer Society$1,227
- CARE Canada$360
Received $990K from 8 charities:
- Peterborough Child and Family Centres$929K
- The Charitable Trust of the Canadian Federation of University Women Aurora/Newmarket Inc.$33K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies$4,091
- Toronto Foundation$1,490
- Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada$1,400
- Canadahelps Canadon$532
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11,410
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7B
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Cober (director); Vidyia Maharaj (associate director); Janna Lagaev (comptroller).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from York Region District School Board’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119306462RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.