Wood Buffalo Wellness Society
Publicly funded institution · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 855148557RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,840,579) as filed with the CRA.
Wood Buffalo Wellness Society is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, 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 $6M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $944K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 64 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The wood buffalo wellness society operates the mark amy residential treatment centre as well as community services including housing programs for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our vision is a community where all are housed and free of addiction. We do this by providing culturally appropriate programs and support for addiction treatment and housing to individuals and families focusing our efforts towards indigenous communities reconciliation and wellness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.8M | $5.4M | — | — | $186K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.9M | $3.7M | — | — | $37K |
| 2022 | $3M | $3.1M | $2.9M | — | — | $34K |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.5M | — | — | $68K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $34K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $944K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions64
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Burton (president); Dave Hill (vice-president); Derrick Trottier (treasurer); Jo-Anne Packham (executive director); Sara Loutitt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wood Buffalo Wellness Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855148557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.