The Giving Report
Charities are vital to the Canadian economy.
Charities serve incredibly diverse needs and are critical to Canada’s social fabric.
See how many Canadian charities support various causes below.
Most Canadian charities are small.
Throughout The Giving Report 2021 site, downloadable report and accompanying data tables, we include a reference number indicating the data source. Information on each data source, and relevant disclaimer or clarification information, is provided below.
Unless otherwise stated, all dollar figures are adjusted for inflation using constant 2018 dollars using Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0047-01.
DATA SOURCE 1
Donations made using CanadaHelps.org
DATA SOURCE 2
Statistics Canada, Center for Income and Socioeconomic Well-being Statistics Income Statistics Division, T1 Family File, Reference 20041 – 980095. Postal Code Validation Disclaimer: The geography in T1FF requests are derived based on an amalgamation of Postal CodeOM. Statistics Canada makes no representation or warranty as to, or validation of, the accuracy of any Postal CodeOM data.
DATA SOURCE 3
Canada Revenue Agency, T1 Final Statistics, https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/programs/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/income-statistics-gst-hst-statistics/t1-final-statistics.html.
DATA SOURCE 4
Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0478-01. Supply and use tables, detail level, provincial and territorial (x 1,000)
DATA SOURCE 5
Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0438-01. Supply and use tables, summary level, provincial and territorial (x 1,000,000)
DATA SOURCE 6
Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0222-01. Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, provincial and territorial, annual (x 1,000,000)
DATA SOURCE 7
Conference Board of Canada. Recovery Rests on Vaccine Rollout: Canada’s Two-Year Outlook—January 2021. https://www.conferenceboard.ca/e-library/abstract.aspx?did=10963
DATA SOURCE 8
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Turning hope into Reality, OECD Economic Outlook, December 2020. https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/#global-outlook
DATA SOURCE 9
Statistics Canada. Non-profit institutions and volunteering: Economic contribution, 2007 to 2017. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190305/dq190305a-eng.htm
DATA SOURCE 10
Canada Revenue Agency, T3010 Registered Charity Information Return Information Analysis by Imagine Canada (2018 reference year) Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0090-01 Labour force characteristics by province, territory and economic region, annual (2018 reference year)
DATA SOURCE 11
Canada Revenue Agency, Charities Directorate
DATA SOURCE 12
Canada Revenue Agency, T3010 Registered Charity Information Return Information Analysis by Imagine Canada (2018 reference year)
DATA SOURCE 13
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0005-01 Canada Revenue Agency, T1 Final Statistics