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Imagine Canada’s programs and services provide organizations in the nonprofit sector with timely information and tools to ensure they have the resources required to do their work and serve Canadians.
Whether you’re a fundraiser, a business person committed to good corporate citizenship, or someone looking for – or looking to share useful information in our Nonprofit Library Commons, see what our programs and services have to offer!
July 5, 2011. Charity Ranking Systems: Our Statement. In the July issue of MoneySense magazine there was a feature entitled, The Charity 100: Make Your Donations Go Further, which seeks to rank Canadian charities. Imagine Canada does not agree that rating charities is helpful to Canadians especially in the absence of evaluating the impact of their work. We believe there is a need for transparency and disclosure in the charitable and nonprofit sector and encourage Canadians to carefully research organizations they wish to support. However, we advise Canadians not to rely solely on ranking systems which do not present a complete picture.
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Did you know that there are 161,000 nonprofilts and charities in Canada?
Did you know that Canada’s nonprofit and voluntary sector is the 2nd largest in the world?
The sector represents $79.1 billion or 7.8% of the gross domestic product
The sector is larger than automotive and manufacturing. It generates $112 billion in revenues and employs 2 million people
Canadians donated $10 billion in 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have the highest donor rates.
Canadians volunteered 2.1 billion hours in 2007
Young Canadians aged 15 to 24 are more likely to volunteer than Canadians in any other age group
One percent of nonprofits command 60% of all revenues flowing to the sector
Canadians with the lowest household incomes give a greater percentage of their income than others
Saskatchewan has the highest volunteer rate in the country, followed by the Northwest Territories and the Yukon
Those exposed to giving and volunteering activities early in life are more likely to continue those behaviours as adults
