Unity Health Toronto
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108032533RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,644,372,000) as filed with the CRA.
Unity Health Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $1.7B in revenue and $1.6B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49.1M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 6,915 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 23 names.
In its own words
Unity health toronto is a network that consists of three sites: providence healthcare st. Joseph's health centre and st. Michael's hospital. Providence healthcare provides leadership within the healthcare system by helping people access and receive the care they need in the most effective way possible. Providence healthcare offers inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation to adults of all ages as well as palliative care. As an active community partner and resource for the people of toronto providence offers clinics to promote recovery and well-being caregiver support and adult day program…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.3B | — | — | $82.1M |
| 2023 | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.2B | — | — | $76.4M |
| 2022 | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.1B | — | — | $106.8M |
| 2021 | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.1B | — | — | $119.3M |
| 2020 | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.1B | — | — | $110.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49.1M from 11 charities:
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$48.4M
- Brain Canada Foundation$263K
- Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine$210K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$70K
- Praxis Spinal Cord Institute$40K
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada / Fibrose Kystique Canada$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Nourish Leadership$8,700
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- Ontario Arts Foundation/fondation des Arts de l'Ontario$252
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over7 positions
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6,915
- Total compensation, all staff$978.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dany Assaf (director); Nora Aufreiter (chair); Wayne Barwise (director); Helen Angus (director); Derek Chum (director); Hazel Claxton (director); Ehren Cory (director); Kamala Jean Gopie (director); Michael Zerbs (director); Denise O'Neil Green (director); Doug Guzman (vice-chair); Lynn Wilson (uoft representative); Elio Luongo (director); Kate Stevenson (director); Diane Kazarian (chair sjhc foundation); Patrick Meneley (chair smh foundation); Catherine Pawluch (archbishop representative); Robert Cirone (corporate mac chair); Sonya Canzian (chief nursing executive); Tim Rutledge (president and ceo); Kamran Ahmad (corporate msa vp); Karen Arcot (corporate); Yves Denomme (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Unity Health Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108032533RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.