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A charitable organization in Canada is regulated under the Canadian Income Tax Act through the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). There are more than 85,600 registered charities in Canada. [1] The charitable sector employs over 2 million people and accounts for about 7% of the GDP of Canada.
Charitable status is granted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) upon application by a nonprofit; charities are allowed to issue income tax receipts to donors, must spend a certain percentage of their assets (including cash, investments, and fixed assets) and file annual reports in order to maintain their charitable status.
To gain charity status, organizations must first register with the federal Canadian Revenue Agency under the Income Tax Act. [5] To be eligible for charitable tax status, charities need to provide a public benefit, such as poverty relief or education, [6] and they are limited in their business and political activities, including making profit or engaging in partisan behavior. [7]
The government of Canada subdivides advocacy groups into "accident prevention associations, advocacy groups, animal rights organizations, antipoverty advocacy organizations, associations for retired persons, advocacy civil liberties groups, community action advocacy groups, conservation advocacy groups, drug abuse prevention advocacy organizations, environmental advocacy groups, humane society ...
Actua (Canadian charity) Alberta Fish and Game Association; Alzheimer Society of Canada; Amabile Choirs of London, Canada; Amarok Society; Art Canada Institute; ASO (non-profit) Association des Scouts du Canada; Atkinson Foundation
Charity Intelligence Canada is a Toronto-based nonprofit organization which posts assessments of the finances and impacts of Canadian charities on its website.Founded in 2007 by former equity analyst Kate Bahen, using unconventional methodologies drawn from Bahen's stock market background.
Strictly speaking the CIO is a new entity, and there is no continuity of legal personality with the former charity. (Despite a natural reading of Chapter Four of the Charities Act 2011, [6] this is true even where the precursor charity is a charitable company.) This can have profound effects on the continuity of business, and can be a ...
Actua is a Canadian charitable organization [1] [2] that delivers science, engineering and technology educational programs to young people in Canada. [3] [4] [5] The organization is a member of the Science and Technology Awareness Network (S.T.A.N.). Actua's president and CEO is Jennifer E. Flanagan. [6]