Table 8
Donor rate and total amount of donations, by solicitation method or way of giving, population aged 15 and over, 2010
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Solicitation method or way of giving | Donor rate | Total amount of donations | |
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percentage | thousands of dollars | percentage | |
Total | 84 | 10,609,533 | 100 |
Mail request | 23 | 1,514,108 | 14 |
Charity event | 23 | 1,071,836 | 10 |
In memoriam donation | 21 | 601,101 | 6 |
At work | 22 | 620,207 | 6 |
Door-to-door canvassing | 26 | 244,797 | 2 |
At shopping centre or on street | 32 | 185,365 | 2 |
Telephone request | 5 | 129,376 | 1 |
In a place of worship | 30 | 3,933,658 | 37 |
Television or radio request | 8 | 204,300 | 2 |
On one's own | 10 | 929,499 | 9 |
Donating stocks or options | 0E | F | F |
Sponsoring someone | 30 | 363,032 | 3 |
Other solicitation method | 8 | 636,664 | 6 |
E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note: Cumulative amounts may vary from one variable to the next due to missing values. Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2010. |
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