Canadian Charity Registry with Financial and Governance Data

A registry of Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act, eligible to issue official donation receipts. The dataset contains financial information, activities, and details on directors or similar officials, compiled from annual T3010 returns submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency. Data was last refreshed on the platform in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity financial health by modeling relationships between revenue sources and expenditure categories.
• Profile governance structures by examining the director and official roles listed for each organization.
• Identify sector trends by classifying charities based on their reported activity descriptions.
• Assess compliance risks by correlating filing patterns or financial metrics with regulatory status.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from mandatory annual T3010 returns submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Includes multiple data facets: financial details, organizational activities, and governance information.

Limitations

• Specific data volume (row count) and granularity of financial columns are unknown.
• Potential for reporting inconsistencies as data reflects information 'as provided by the organizations'.
• Temporal coverage and update frequency for the underlying charity data are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Dataset was last refreshed on the platform in February 2026.

Geography

Canada