Non-profit institutions and volunteering: Economic contribution, first quarter to fourth quarter 2025

In this release, new benchmark estimates from the supply and use tables (SUTs) for the 2022 reference year have been incorporated. As a result, indicators of non-profit institutions have been updated from the first quarter of 2022 to the fourth quarter of 2024, and new estimates have been provided for the reference period covering the first quarter to the fourth quarter of 2025. These data are directly comparable with the estimates in the Canadian System of Macroeconomic Accounts.

For the purposes of these estimates, the definition of the non-profit sector adheres to international standards published in the United Nations' Satellite Account on Non-profit and Related Institutions and Volunteer Work. Canada's overall non-profit sector is divided into the following three broad categories:

Community non-profit institutions include organizations engaged in social services, advocacy, or sports and recreation. These make up the "non-profit institutions serving households" sector in standard macroeconomic measures.

Business non-profit institutions include business associations, chambers of commerce and condominium associations. These are classified to the business sector in standard macroeconomic measures.

Government non-profit institutions include hospitals, some residential care facilities, universities and colleges. These are classified to the government sector in standard macroeconomic measures.