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Belonging and Leadership
Charitable Donors as a Proportion of Tax Filers
Significance
• Charitable giving is an essential part of civil society because it allows Canadians to support institutions and causes that they believe in, which ultimately enhance the well-being of Canada as a whole.
Core Indicator
• The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) personal income tax data indicates how many people reported a charitable donation amount on Line 340 of the personal tax income form.
• In 2010, 23.4 % of Canadian tax filers reported making charitable donations on their personal income tax form, a rate 2.3 percentage points lower than that in 1997 (see following chart).
Charitable Donors as a Proportion of Tax Filers in Canada, 1997-2010
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 111-0001 (Tax Data).
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201022.0
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Canada’s Major CMAs
• In 2010, Ottawa had the highest donor rate among Canada’s major CMAs at 29.6%, a rate notably higher than the national average (23.4%) (see
following chart).
• Ottawa was followed by Winnipeg (27.9%) and Victoria (27.2%).
• Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal – Canada’s three largest cities – were among the four major CMAs below the national average.
• St. John’s had the lowest donor rate of 21.2%.
Charitable Donors as a Proportion of Tax Filers in Major CMAs, 2010
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 111-0001 (Tax Data)
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CMA Trends (1997 to 2010)
• The proportion of tax filers making charitable donations decreased in all major CMAs, excluding St. John’s where it increased only marginally (0.2%) (see following chart).
• The charitable donor rate decreased the most in Hamilton (down 5.1%), Kitchener (down 4.7%) and London (down 4.4%). In these three CMAs, the decrease is near or more than double the national average decrease.
Charitable Donors as a Proportion of Tax Filers in Major CMAs, 1997-2010
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM Table 111-0001 (Tax Data).
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