Canadian Registered Charities with Financial and Activity Data

The 2022 list provides data on Canadian charities registered under the Income Tax Act and eligible to issue official donation receipts. It is compiled from the annual T3010 returns charities submit to the Canada Revenue Agency, reflecting data as provided by the organizations. The dataset includes details on a charity's financial information, activities, and directors or like officials.

Use Cases

• Analyze financial health and revenue sources of charities based on reported financial information.
• Map the distribution of charitable activities and sectors across Canada based on activity descriptions.
• Identify governance structures and leadership networks based on director and official information.
• Verify a charity's registration status and eligibility to issue tax receipts for donor due diligence.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from mandatory annual T3010 returns submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Includes multiple data facets: financial information, activities, and governance details.
• Available in both CSV and PDF formats for different analysis needs.

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 reporting bias inherent to self-reported submissions from organizations.

Provenance

Source

Canada Revenue Agency | Agence du revenu du Canada

Collection Method

Compiled from the annual T3010 Registered Charity Information Return each charity must submit.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:37:19.670345; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada