107613473RR0001 — 0070
Registered — Montreal, QC — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 87/100
Financials: Revenue $5,247,119 · Expenditures $5,079,570
Patro Villeray is a 59-year-old Montreal community centre operating in the distinctive Quebec "patro" tradition — community-based leisure and mutual aid organizations rooted in Catholic social teaching that provide youth programming, recreation, food security, and neighbourhood services. The 74.1% compensation ratio that triggers an algorithmic critical flag reflects the staff-intensive reality of running a multi-service community centre where program coordinators and youth workers ARE the program being delivered.
Our Verdict: A deeply established Montreal neighbourhood community centre with 59 years of continuous operation, delivering multi-program youth and community services with the staff-as-program profile typical of Quebec's patro tradition — donors supporting grassroots community work in Villeray get a disciplined stewardship profile despite flagged ratios that reflect operating model rather than concerns.