Bluewater Health
Publicly funded institution · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 107954927RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($269,809,326) as filed with the CRA.
Bluewater Health is a charitable organization based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $260.4M in revenue and $269.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 1,115 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Bluewater health operates on two sites -- one in sarnia ontario and the other in petrolia ontario. Bluewater health is a public hospital providing medical psychological rehabilitative and continuing care for acute patients. We have one emergency department in sarnia and one in petrolia. We also offer outpatient services for those who do not require hospitalization. Our service groups cover all of lambton county.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $260.4M | $269.8M | $262.3M | — | $95K | -$7.7M |
| 2023 | $243.1M | $251.6M | $244.7M | — | $110K | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $238.8M | $240.3M | $231.2M | — | $120K | $13.8M |
| 2021 | $234.4M | $228.8M | $219.4M | — | — | $15.3M |
| 2020 | $210M | $200.1M | — | — | — | $9.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,115
- Total compensation, all staff$165.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle Arbour (director); Louis Guimond (vice-chair); William Gillam (treasurer); Katherine Mantha (director); Carol Moore (director); Maria Moore (director); Kirk Wilson (director); Barry Riedy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bluewater Health’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107954927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.