Canadian Charity Registrations and Financial Returns

1999 data on Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act. The dataset contains financial information, activities, and director details compiled from mandatory annual returns submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency. Information is based on data provided by the organizations themselves.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity financial health using reported revenue and expenditure columns.
• Map nonprofit sector activities across Canada using the charity's activity descriptions.
• Study governance structures using data on directors and like officials.
• Verify tax receipt eligibility for registered charities using their status field.

Strengths

• Data is compiled from the mandatory T3010 Registered Charity Information Return.
• Covers all Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act for the year 1999.

Limitations

• Contains only data from the single year 1999, limiting longitudinal analysis.
• Data quality depends on self-reporting by organizations, which may introduce inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Collection Method

Compiled from the annual T3010 returns submitted by registered charities.

Time Range

1999

Freshness

Dataset was last refreshed on 2026-02-25, but the underlying data is from 1999.

Geography

Canada