Brightshores Health System
Publicly funded institution · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 108083551RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($294,701,725) as filed with the CRA.
Brightshores Health System is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, 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 $283.8M in revenue and $294.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.2M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 1,519 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Public funded hospital engaged in providing 24 hour emergency care services and provides various medical outpatient and inpatient programs. These programs include surgical services acute medical care ambulatory care cardiac rehabilitation program oncology and cancer care diabetes support programs mental health and addiction services women and child care services social work sleep lab critical care and dialysis services retail pharmacy allied health and advance diagnostic services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $283.8M | $294.7M | $279.9M | — | — | $41M |
| 2023 | $254.5M | $249.5M | $235.7M | — | — | $50.8M |
| 2022 | $240.2M | $230M | $217.5M | — | — | $48.4M |
| 2021 | $232.8M | $219.7M | $49M | — | — | $38.7M |
| 2020 | $216.9M | $215.2M | — | — | — | $25.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7.2M from 12 charities:
- Brightshores Health System Owen Sound Foundation$3.1M
- Brightshores Health System Saugeen Shores Hospital Foundation$1.3M
- Markdale Hospital Foundation$1M
- Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation$1M
- Meaford Hospital Foundation$738K
- Grey Bruce Health Services Owen Sound Auxiliary$45K
- Meaford Hospital Foundation$8,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,157
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$50
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1,519
- Total compensation, all staff$158.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Shannon (director); Tyler Laitinen (director); Joss Ann Johnston (director); Lynn Keays (officer at large); Cornelius Vanzyl DR. (chief of staff); Eric Brown (medical staff president (urban); Andrew Jeffrey (medical staff president (rural); Ann Ford (president & ceo); Joanne Flewwelling (past chair); Steven Green (vice-chair); Deborah Pope (chair); Jessica Hill (director); Martha Rogers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brightshores Health System’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108083551RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.