In the Report on the Charities Program, fiscal year 2020 to 2021, the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Charities Directorate highlights its efforts to achieve its mandate by adapting and providing services to the charitable sector and the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlights

• Registered charities by designation
  • 74,756 charitable organizations
  • 6,118 private foundations
  • 4,964 public foundations
• Charities reported spending approximately $3.8 billion on activities outside Canada
• The directorate supported two major federal government financial assistance programs aimed at helping Canadian employers, including charities, facing hardship as a result of COVID-19: the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS).
  • Applications: 139,342 (CEWS) 12,615 (CERS)
  • Approved Applications: 138,539 (CEWS) 12,307 (CERS)
  • Approved Funds: $3 billion (CEWS) $39 million (CERS)
• Enquiries Received
  
  • 64,195 telephone enquiries
  • 13,105 written enquires
• Applications Received for Charitable Registration
  • 1,800 charities
  • 77 other qualified donees

Read the full report here.