Sault Area Hospital
Publicly funded institution · Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario · BN 107849804RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($306,545,522) as filed with the CRA.
Sault Area Hospital is a charitable organization based in Sault Ste. Marie, 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 $309.1M in revenue and $306.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.8M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 1,223 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
This is a public hospital providing the community and surrounding area with the health care services associated with a hospital. The hospital has a 293 bed capacity. The types of programs offered through the hospital include: acute care intensive care long-term care complex care medical programs mental health programs surgical maternal/child emergency care rehabilitation services as well as renal dialysis and cancer programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $309.1M | $306.5M | $306.5M | — | — | $7.3M |
| 2023 | $284.6M | $285.7M | $285.7M | — | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $274.5M | $27M | $269.7M | — | — | -$1.6M |
| 2021 | $271.8M | $265.3M | $265.3M | — | — | -$35.9M |
| 2020 | $237.9M | $238.8M | $238.8M | — | — | -$56.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.8M 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 over1 position
- $300,000–349,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,223
- Total compensation, all staff$189.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Bell-Murray (chair); Lori Bertrand (director); Armand Capisciolto (director); Mia Carella (director); Theresa Cassan (director); Mark Lepore (director); Johanne Messier-Man (director); Joe Santa Maria (director); Ila Watson (ex officio secretary); Sue Roger (ex officio chief nursing…); Lorraine Sharp (ex officio president medical…); Mohammed Rassouli (chief of staff).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sault Area Hospital’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107849804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.