2024–2025 Canadian Conservation Institute and Canadian Heritage Information Network Annual Review
Table of contents
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
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Description
CCI and CHIN results by core activity area for 2024–2025
CCI and CHIN activities are organized under three business lines: research and development, provision of expert services and knowledge dissemination.
Research and development: New knowledge advances the conservation and understanding of, and access to, objects and collections.
Results:
- 8 articles authored by conservation professionals published in specialized journals
- 1,762 heritage and scientific professionals attended CCI and CHIN presentations
- 25 scientific and technical presentations given to professional audiences in Canada and abroad
Provision of expert services: Objects and collections receive conservation treatments and are better understood and rendered more accessible.
Results:
- 524 conservation services and expert opinions provided to 378 Canadian clients
- 1,514 objects and collections benefited from CCI preservation and conservation services
Knowledge dissemination:
- Heritage workers improve their professional knowledge, skills and practices related to the conservation of their collections.
- Artefacts Canada enables professionals and the public to enhance their knowledge about Canada’s objects and collections.
Results:
- 846 participants attended CCI and CHIN learning activities
- 942,944 page views of CCI and CHIN online conservation resources
- 129,627 page views of Artefacts Canada’s records on heritage objects and collections
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
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Vote-netted revenue is a financial mechanism used by the Government of Canada to provide a draw on projected earned revenue.
| 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
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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).
- Table 2 note 2
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Earned revenues include, but are not limited to, workshops, publications and library services and conservation and scientific services.
© Government of Canada, Canadian Conservation Institute and Canadian Heritage Information Network, 2025
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