Canadian Registered Charities List with Financial and Activity Data

The 2009 List of Charities presents data on Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act and eligible to issue official donation receipts. Data is compiled from the annual T3010 Registered Charity Information Return submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency and includes details on financial information, activities, and directors. The dataset was last refreshed on 2026-04-16.

Use Cases

• Analyze charity financial health based on reported revenue and expenditure data.
• Map nonprofit sector activities based on the described activity categories.
• Identify governance structures based on the listed directors and like officials.
• Verify charity registration status for donation receipt eligibility.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from mandatory annual returns (T3010) submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Includes multiple data categories: financial information, activities, and governance details.
• Dataset is refreshed, with a last updated date of 2026-04-16.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias as the core list is from 2009, though refreshed in 2026.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2009 (core list), with data refreshed in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 15:42:35.264566; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada