2024–2025 Canadian Conservation Institute and Canadian Heritage Information Network Annual Review

Table of contents

• CCI’s mission
• CHIN’s mission
• CCI-CHIN results
• Financial statements for 2024–2025

CCI’s mission

The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) advances and promotes the conservation of Canada’s heritage collections through its expertise in conservation science, treatment and preventive conservation.

To achieve its mission, CCI carries out the following activities:

• Provision of expert services (including scientific services, conservation treatments and preservation conservation services)
• Research and development in conservation (including scientific research, advanced treatment techniques and innovations in preventive collections care)
• Sharing of conservation knowledge by providing training and learning products, professional development activities, publications and specialized library services as well as conducting other outreach activities

CHIN’s mission

The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) assists Canadian museums in documenting, managing and sharing information about their collections to ensure that this information is accessible now and in the future.

To achieve its mission, CHIN carries out the following activities:

• Creation and maintenance of online public access to collections in Canada with tools such as Artefacts Canada and linked open data
• Research and development on collections documentation standards and tools such as Nomenclature online and the CHIN Data Dictionary for Artefacts Canada
• Provision of guidance on collections management best practices and emerging trends through training, professional development and creation of online learning materials and publications concerning collection management systems, digitization and digital preservation

CCI-CHIN results

For further information on CCI and CHIN activities, please consult our video gallery, YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Financial statements for 2024–2025

Program budget	CCI	CHIN
Operating budget
Program operations	7,916,247	2,166,271
Earned revenue (vote-netted revenue)Table 1 note 1	(1,000,000)	-
Total – Operating budget	6,916,247	2,166,271
Program support and employee benefits
Program support	551,506	325,428
CCI property management	2,220,492	-
Employee benefit plans	1,115,225	290,888
Total – Program support and employee benefits	3,887,223	616,316
Total – Program budget	10,803,470	2,782,587

Table 1 notes

Table 1 note 1

Vote-netted revenue is a financial mechanism used by the Government of Canada to provide a draw on projected earned revenue.

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Program expenditures	CCI	CHIN
Operating expenditures
Salaries	6,836,770	1,302,106
Non-salary expenditures
Program operationsTable 2 note 1	1,253,522	302,817
Earned revenuesTable 2 note 2	(695,524)	-
Total – Non-salary expenditures	557,998	302,817
Total – Operating expenditures	7,394,768	1,604,923
Program support and employee benefits
Program support	570,749	358,061
CCI property management	2,923,097	-
Employee benefit plans	1,149,270	243,243
Total – Program support and employee benefits	4,643,116	601,304
Total – Program expenditures	12,037,884	2,206,227
Total balance (including CCI property management)	(1,234,414)	576,360
Total balance (excluding CCI property management)	(531,809)	576,360

NB: This is not an audited financial statement.

Table 2 notes

Table 2 note 1

Program operations include the following expenditures: transportation and communications (telephone, courier, conference attendance, professional association business, travel for training and emergency services and other travel, including museum and site visits); information (printing, publishing and advertising); rentals; repairs and maintenance; equipment, material and supplies; and professional services (including contract work, consulting and advisory contracts).

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Table 2 note 2

Earned revenues include, but are not limited to, workshops, publications and library services and conservation and scientific services.

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© Government of Canada, Canadian Conservation Institute and Canadian Heritage Information Network, 2025

Published by:
Canadian Conservation Institute and Canadian Heritage Information Network
Department of Canadian Heritage
1030 Innes Road
Ottawa ON  K1B 4S7
Canada

ISSN 2562-9417
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