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  • 1. Portrait of youth in Canada: Political participation and civic engagement
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022036
    Description:

    This infographic looks at political participation and civic engagement among youth in Canada. It examines their voter turnout in federal, provincial and municipal elections. It also looks at non-electoral political activities such as expressing views on the Internet, signing petitions, and participating in marches and demonstrations. Lastly, it explores other aspects of civic engagement including participating in groups, organizations and associations and volunteering. Data are drawn from the 2020 General Social Survey (GSS) on Social Identity and the 2018 GSS on Giving, Volunteering and Participating.

    Release date: 2022-07-19
  • 2. Volunteering counts: Formal and informal contributions of Canadians in 2018
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100002
    Description:

    Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating (GSS GVP), this article presents information on the volunteer activities of Canadians, including volunteer rates and number of volunteer hours, the types of volunteering activities and the organizations benefiting from volunteerism.

    Release date: 2021-04-23
  • 3. Volunteering by Canadians in 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021035
    Description:

    This infographic presents information about the volunteer activities of Canadians, including formal and informal volunteering. It includes volunteer rates and number of volunteer hours, as well as the type of organizations benefiting from volunteerism. It uses data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating.

    Release date: 2021-04-23
  • 4. Volunteering in Canada: Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100037
    Description:

    Older generations are more likely than younger generations to be self-isolating and limiting their volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the pandemic has had a series of impacts that vary depending on the type of volunteer organization. Physical distancing and necessary health protection measures quickly affected the provision of face-to-face services, events and meetings involving gatherings of people. At the same time, recent media reports have highlighted many examples of individuals directly assisting others, including picking-up and dropping-off groceries and other supplies in the community, cooking meals, sewing non-medical masks, sharing information and providing emotional support via online social media platforms.

    Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating (GSS GVP), this article documents how people of various generations contribute to volunteering in Canada. Although these data predate the COVID-19 pandemic, they provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities of volunteering in the current situation.

    Release date: 2020-06-26
  • 5. Employer support of volunteering: Underlying characteristics of participation and presence of support measures Archived
    Stats in brief: 89-652-X2016004
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at participation in volunteer activities when employees receive various forms of support for volunteering from their employer. It also provides an overview of the distribution of the types of employer support for volunteering by various job-market-related characteristics and for certain sociodemographic characteristics recognized as being determinants of volunteering.

    Release date: 2016-06-27
  • 6. Political participation and civic engagement of youth Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201500114232
    Description:

    This study provides new information on the political participation of youth aged 15 to 24 years. It examines the likelihood of voting in the next federal election (as reported in 2013) and participation in the previous election, as well as participation in non-electoral political activities, such as signing petitions or participating in demonstrations or public meetings. The study also provides information on the degree of civic engagement of youth, which is often perceived as a key indicator of social capital.

    Release date: 2015-10-07
  • 7. Volunteering in Canada, 2004 to 2013 Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2015003
    Description:

    This report provides a profile of volunteerism in Canada, examining trends in volunteer rates and hours volunteered, the characteristics of volunteers, the sectors benefiting from volunteering, types of volunteer activities, and motivations for and barriers to volunteering. Also presented are patterns in informal volunteering, defined here as acts helping people directly, whether it is family, friends or neighbours.

    Release date: 2015-06-18
  • 8. The Faces of Volunteers in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2015001
    Description:

    This infographic describes results on volunteering from the 2013 General Social Survey (GSS) on Giving, Volunteering and Participating. The survey was undertaken to better understand how Canadians support individuals and communities on their own or through their involvement with charitable and non-profit organizations.

    Release date: 2015-04-08
  • 9. Volunteering and charitable giving in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-652-X2015001
    Description:

    This report uses the most recent data from the General Social Survey (GSS) 2013 on Giving, Volunteering and Participating to profile volunteering and charitable giving in Canada. The first section presents information about individuals aged 15 years and over who volunteered in 2013, their characteristics and the number of hours they provided. The second section focuses on charitable giving, including changes in donation rates and in the amounts given by Canadians of all ages.

    Release date: 2015-01-30
  • 10. Giving and volunteering among Canada's immigrants Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X201200111669
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines donating and volunteering among immigrants in Canada: their reasons for doing so or not, the amounts of money and time they give and the types of organizations that they support. It compares immigrants to other Canadians and considers how the philanthropic behaviour of immigrants changes as they establish themselves in Canada. The data are from the 2010 Survey of Giving Volunteering and Participating.

    Release date: 2012-05-17
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  • 1. Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 89M0017X
    Description:

    The public use microdata file from the 2010 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating is now available. This file contains information collected from nearly 15,000 respondents aged 15 and over residing in private households in the provinces.The public use microdata file provides provincial-level information about the ways in which Canadians donate money and in-kind gifts to charitable and nonprofit organizations; volunteer their time to these organizations; provide help directly to others. Socio-demographic, income and labour force data are also included on the file.

    Release date: 2012-05-04
  • 2. Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Tables Report
    Table: 89-649-X
    Description:

    This publication offers national highlights as well as data tables from the 2010 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating (CSGVP). This survey was undertaken to better understand how Canadians support individuals and communities on their own or through their involvement with charitable and non-profit organizations. For this survey, thousands of Canadians aged 15 and over were asked how they: gave money and other resources to individuals and to organizations; and volunteered time to help others and to enhance their communities. This publication will provide an overview of national estimates and highlights as well as national, provincial and territorial indicators that provide a measure of Canada's volunteer activities and charitable contributions in Canada.

    Release date: 2012-03-21
  • 3. General Social Survey, Cycle 22: Social Networks, 2008 Public Use Microdata Files
    Public use microdata: 12M0022X
    Description:

    This package was designed to enable users to access and manipulate the microdata file for Cycle 22 (2008) of the General Social Survey (GSS). It contains information on the objectives, methodology and estimation procedures, as well as guidelines for releasing estimates based on the survey. Cycle 22 collected data from persons 15 years and over living in private households in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and full-time residents of institutions. The survey covered a range of topics such as social networks, and social and civic participation. Information was also collected on major changes in respondents' lives in the last 12 months, the resources they used during these transitions and unmet needs for help. Questions were also asked on trust, sense of belonging, volunteering and unpaid work.

    Release date: 2010-03-05
  • 4. General Social Survey, Cycle 17: Social Engagement (2003) : Public Use Microdata File and Documentation Archived
    Public use microdata: 12M0017X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Topics covered include social contact with friends and relatives, unpaid help given and received, volunteering and charitable giving, civic engagement, political engagement, religious participation, trust and reciprocity. Cycle 17 of the General Social Survey is the first cycle to collect detailed information on social engagement in Canada.

    The target population for Cycle 17 is all persons 15 years of age and older in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and full-time residents of institutions.

    Release date: 2004-11-05
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  • 21. Cornerstones of Community: Highlights from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 61-533-X
    Description:

    This publication provides the first national portrait of the many thousands of nonprofit and voluntary organizations found in every Canadian community. The data, from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, reveal a set of organizations that are widely diverse in nature, touching virtually every aspect of Canadians' lives.

    Release date: 2005-06-30
  • 22. Social Engagement and Civic Participation: Are Rural and Small Town Populations Really at an Advantage? Archived
    Articles and reports: 21-006-X2005004
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This bulletin uses General Social Survey (GSS), cycle 17 data to examine various aspects of social engagement, social cohesion and social participation.

    Release date: 2005-06-21
  • 23. Summary of the Findings of the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 61-533-S
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This booklet summarizes the key results of the first National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. These organizations have a significant economic presence and serve as vehicles for citizen engagement. However, many report significant challenges to their capacity to fulfill their missions.

    Release date: 2005-03-11
  • 24. Victim services in Canada, 2002/03 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20040118410
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report, based on data from the 2002/03 Victim Services Survey, provides a profile of victim service agencies in Canada and the clients they served. Data are presented on the types of agencies in Canada, the services offered, staff and volunteers, criminal injuries compensation applications and awards, and client characteristics such as sex, age grouping and type of victimization.

    The report also contains some information on transition homes and shelters for abused women and their children that was collected by Statistics Canada's 2001/2002 Transition Home Survey.

    Release date: 2004-12-09
  • 25. Perceptions of Canadians: A sense of belonging, confidence and trust Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X20040037733
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article provides a broad snapshot of the outlooks and activities of Canadians in 2003 in three areas: a sense of belonging to Canada, to their province, and to their community; confidence in public institutions such as the health care system and the federal parliament; and trust in others. It is an adaptation of 2003 General Social Survey on Social Engagement, Cycle 17: An Overview of Findings (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 89-598-XWE).

    Release date: 2004-12-07
  • 26. Unpaid informal caregiving Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X20030026622
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines the time volunteers, friends or relatives devote to unpaid informal care.

    Release date: 2003-09-09
  • 27. The culture of volunteering and donating: Helping culture organizations between 1997 and 2000 Archived
    Articles and reports: 87-004-X20020026549
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines trends in how Canadians donate their time and money to arts and culture organizations, using results from the 2000 and 1997 cycles of the National Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating.

    Release date: 2003-06-20
  • 28. Volunteering on company time Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200310413089
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper looks at the activities of employed volunteers who are given employer support. It compares employed volunteers with retirees and others.

    Release date: 2003-06-18
  • 29. Voluntary Organizations in Ontario in the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0048M2002002
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes an in-depth study of 40 volunteer organizations across Ontario in the fall of 1997 and winter of 1998.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 30. Patterns of Citizen Participation and the Civic Core in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0048M2002003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper compares the social and demographic characteristics of the small civic core that accounts for about three-quarters of all volunteering, giving and community activities in Canada with those who are relatively inactive in civic affairs.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
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Reference (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Fresh Produce North of 60 Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004031
    Description:

    This activity looks at how greenhouses in the North are changing the ways in which people in more remote regions of the country have access to fresh produce for a longer part of the year.

    Release date: 2005-03-18
  • 2. Societal Indicators Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89F0123X
    Description:

    This web page contains examples of societal indicators identified in Managing for results, 1999 tabled in Parliament by the President of the Treasury Board of Canada. Information on societal trends is provided on three clusters of societal indicators: health, environment and physical security; economic opportunity and participation; and social participation and inclusion.

    Release date: 2001-01-23
  • 3. Statistics Canada's Measurement and Valuation of Unpaid Work Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 71F0023X1999001
    Description:

    This paper is an overview of the activities undertaken by Statistics Canada over the past several decades in the field of measuring and valuing unpaid work in all of its many forms. It was first prepared in the early 1990s when the Agency's accomplishments in the field of unpaid work were not as widely known as Statistics Canada would have liked. With each significant new achievement of the Agency, this note has been updated and further updates will be produced in step with the Agency's continuing outputs in this important area.

    Release date: 1999-01-28
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