(from Danie Huppé-Cranford of the Canada Revenue Agency)
There are over 85,000 registered charities in Canada.
All registered charities are nonprofit organizations (NPOs) but not all NPOs are registered charities.
According to Statistics Canada, tax receipted donations totalled $8.3 billion in 2010, up 6.5% from 2009 following two years of 5% decreases.
90% of registered charities are “charitable organizations.” The remainder are public or private foundations. Public foundations include hospitals, colleges, universities and community foundations.
Roughly 40% of charities are religious but that number is declining.
80% of registered charities are located in just four provinces – Ontario, 36%; Quebec, 19%; BC, 14%; and Alberta, 11%.
