Canadian Charity Registry with Financial and Governance Details

Data from 2000 onward on Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act. The dataset includes financial information, activities, and director details compiled from annual T3010 returns submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency. It is maintained by the Canada Revenue Agency and was last refreshed in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity financial health using revenue and expenditure columns.
• Map nonprofit sector activities across Canada using activity description fields.
• Study governance structures using the directors and officials data.
• Track changes in the charitable sector over time using the annual return data.

Strengths

• Contains data on thousands of registered Canadian charities.
• Includes multiple data dimensions: finance, activities, and governance.
• Sourced directly from mandatory annual filings to the tax authority.

Limitations

• Exact row count and sample size are unknown.
• Limited to organizations registered under Canadian tax law, excluding informal groups.
• Data freshness depends on annual filing cycles and processing delays.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency

Collection Method

Compiled from mandatory annual T3010 Registered Charity Information Returns.

Time Range

2000 onward

Freshness

Last refreshed in February 2026.

Geography

Canada