Canadian Charity Registry with Financial and Governance Data

1997 List of charities provides data on Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act and eligible to issue official donation receipts. Information includes financial details, activities, and director information compiled from mandatory annual returns submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency. The dataset was last refreshed on 2026-02-26.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity financial health by modeling relationships between reported revenue sources and expenditures.
• Classify charity types or activities based on their declared mission and program descriptions.
• Predict governance stability using features related to director tenure and official roles.
• Identify sector trends by analyzing temporal changes in aggregate financial information across charities.

Strengths

• Data is compiled from the mandatory T3010 Registered Charity Information Return, ensuring a consistent reporting standard.
• Covers all Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act, providing a complete sector snapshot.
• Includes multiple data dimensions: financial information, activities, and governance details.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and sample size are unknown.
• Data reflects information as provided by organizations, which may contain inconsistencies or errors.
• The temporal coverage is unclear beyond the 1997 reference and the 2026 refresh date.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Collection Method

Compiled from the annual T3010 Registered Charity Information Return submitted by each registered charity.

Time Range

1997 (reference year), with data refreshed as of 2026-02-26.

Freshness

Last refreshed on 2026-02-26.

Geography

Canada.