Fewer Canadians are Giving to Charity, but Those Who do Give More CBC News
go to original February 14, 2013

Statistics Canada says the number of people reporting charitable donations on their 2011 tax returns slipped 0.6 per cent from 2010 to 5.7 million. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Fewer Canadians are giving to charity, but those who are making donations are giving more, according to the latest figures gleaned from tax records.

Statistics Canada said Wednesday that taxpayers reported $8.5 billion in charitable donations on their 2011 tax returns. That's up 2.6 per cent from the $8.3 billion they claimed in 2010.

The increase came despite fewer donors. The number of people reporting charitable donations on their 2011 tax returns slipped 0.6 per cent from 2010 to 5.7 million, Statistics Canada said.

In 2011, 23 per cent of taxfilers claimed charitable donations. That was down from 23.4 per cent in 2010 and is the latest example of the steady and significant decline in rates of giving over the last 20 years. In 1990, almost 30 per cent of taxfilers claimed a charitable donation.

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