Yukon University
Publicly funded institution · Whitehorse, Yukon · BN 121937502RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,470,665) as filed with the CRA.
Yukon University is a charitable organization based in Whitehorse, Yukon, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $62.1M in revenue and $57.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.7M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 277 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Facilitation and deliver of post-secondary education including northern research.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62.1M | $57.5M | $38.5M | — | — | $38.1M |
| 2023 | $59.1M | $51.9M | $33.3M | — | — | $33.5M |
| 2022 | $51.7M | $47.1M | $30.6M | — | — | $26.3M |
| 2021 | $39M | $37.7M | $26.9M | — | — | $18.7M |
| 2020 | $48.4M | $47.2M | $33.9M | — | — | $23.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.7M from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions277
- Total compensation, all staff$34.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Morrison (board chair); Carol Geddes (community representative); Jason Bilsky (member); Tom Ullyett (member); Christine Mahar (member); Samara Robertson-Lawless (staff representative); Judy Gingell (first nation representative); Brenda Butterworth-Carr (community representative); Lesley-Anne Brown (president & vice-chancellor); James Allen (chancellor); Mark Wedge (community representative); Sara McPhee-Knowles (faculty representative).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yukon University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121937502RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.