MEDIASMARTS

Corporate details

Corporation number

3288081

Business number

890181092

Status

Active

Governing law

Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Formed

Jan 18, 2013

Registered office

205 Catherine Street
Suite 100
Ottawa ON K2P 1C3

Number of directors

At least 12, at most 22As the articles allow.

Annual filings

Anniversary date

Jan 18The date of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance.

Annual filing period

Jan 18 to Mar 19 each year

Last annual meeting

Jun 13, 2025

The last annual return filed, and each year since.

Directors

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Registered charity

Charity registration number

890181092RR0001

Designation

Charitable organization

Category

Support of schools and education

Total revenue

$2,756,520Fiscal period ended Dec 31, 2024.

Total expenditures

$2,511,335

From its annual return to the Canada Revenue Agency (form T3010). Its charity page has its programs, finances and gifts.

Federal grants and contributions

13 agreements since 2017, worth $5,623,022 in all.

As each federal department publishes them (proactive disclosure). A value is the agreement's total as last amended; the money may be paid over several years. The 10 most recent are shown. Search every federal grant.

Lobbying the federal government

Registered to lobby the federal government from 2017 until Aug 20, 2025; no registration is active now.

Registrations

11Each consultant hired, and its own in-house registration, is a registration of its own.

Who lobbies

Consultants, including Summa Strategies Canada, Inc.

Subjects

Budget, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Privacy and Access to Information, Research and Development, Telecommunications, Arts and Culture, Bilingualism/Official Languages, Broadcasting

Institutions lobbied

Canadian Heritage (PCH), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Public Safety Canada (PS), Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC)The ten named most often.

In its latest registration, in its own words

• Seeking to ensure digital media literacy is enshrined in the regulations emanating from the Online Streaming Act.
• Seeking funding in support of MediaSmarts core mandate to increase Canadians' digital media literacy.

From the Registry of Lobbyists (Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying), which lists the client as “MediaSmarts”. Shown here because the client's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. The names of lobbyists and of the officials they met are left out. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Not this company? Tell us.