Table 5
Donor rate and total amounts donated, by type of charitable or non-profit organization, population aged 15 and over, 2007 and 2010
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Donor rate | Total amount donated1 | |||||
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2010 | 2007 | 2010 | 2007 | 2010 | 2007 | |
percentage | thousands of dollars | percentage distribution | ||||
Type of organization | ||||||
Total | 84 | 84 | 10,609,533 | 10,429,330 | 100 | 100 |
Arts and culture | 3 | 3 | 107,795E | 105,009 | 1 | 1 |
Sports and recreation | 14 | 14 | 230,229 | 236,717 | 2 | 2 |
Education and research | 20 | 14‡ | 309,091 | 257,329 | 3 | 2 |
Universities and colleges | 1 | 1 | 116,783E | 68,190 | 1 | 1 |
Health | 53 | 56‡ | 1,592,685 | 1,579,616 | 15 | 15 |
Hospitals | 18 | 18 | 614,507 | 603,902 | 6 | 6 |
Social services | 42 | 39‡ | 1,155,532 | 956,433‡ | 11 | 9 |
Environment | 7 | 7 | 274,416 | 203,752‡ | 3 | 2 |
Development and housing | 2 | 2 | 104,182 | 85,706 | 1 | 1 |
Law, advocacy and politics | 3 | 5‡ | 99,036 | 136,028 | 1 | 1 |
Grant-making, fundraising and voluntarism promotion | 13 | 10‡ | 617,339 | 485,811‡ | 6 | 5 |
International organizations | 11 | 9‡ | 879,106 | 647,275 | 8 | 6 |
Religion | 33 | 36‡ | 4,260,848 | 4,804,211 | 40 | 46 |
Business and professional associations, labour unions | 0E | 0E | 8,085E | 9,974E | 0 | 0 |
Other non-classified groups | 3 | 2‡ | 114,565E | 63,087E | 1 | 1 |
Residual amount–different organizations | … | … | 125,335 | 186,290 | 1 | 2 |
Donations toward natural disaster relief | 20 | .. | 570,676 | .. | .. | .. |
E use with caution .. not available for a specific reference period … not applicable ‡ statistically significant difference (=0.05) from 2010 1. Excludes donations toward natural disaster relief. Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2007 and 2010. |
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