Ornge
Publicly funded institution · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 864390232RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($278,679,848) as filed with the CRA.
Ornge is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, 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 $316.7M in revenue and $278.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 426 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $211M in 2020 to $316.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Ornge operates from a number of bases across the province. It coordinates all aspects of Ontario's aero medical transport system the critical care land transport program and the screening of inter-facility transfers of patients within the province.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $316.7M | $278.7M | $258.3M | — | — | $76.2M |
| 2023 | $253.3M | $248.9M | $232.8M | — | — | $38.2M |
| 2022 | $234.9M | $227.6M | $214.8M | — | — | $33.8M |
| 2021 | $236.7M | $215.2M | $207.1M | — | — | $26.4M |
| 2020 | $211M | $213.7M | $201.3M | — | — | $4.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over2 positions
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions426
- Total compensation, all staff$70.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maneesh Mehta (director); Ian Delaney (director); David Murray (director); Patricia Volker (director); Annelind Wakegijig (director); Charles Harnick (director); Patricia Lang (director); Andrew Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ornge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864390232RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.