The Nonprofit FAQ

Governmental Policies in Canada

Information about federal regulation and support for charity work in Canada is available at the website of the Charities Directorate - Direction des organismes de bienfaisance of Canada in the Revenue Agency - Agence du revenu du Canada: -- http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/charities/ Québec The government has a policy framing its relations with the voluntary sector. It can be consulted at: http://www.mess.gouv.qc.ca/saca/action-communautaire/politique-reconnaissance-soutien.asp (Thanks to Pierre-André Tremblay Ph.D., professeur, Département des sciences humaines, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, for providing this link in ISTR-L (a service of the International Society for Third-sector Research &mdash http://www.istr.org).) General resources for nonprofits in Canada are listed elsewhere in the Nonprofit FAQ: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/167-261/85-56. Discussions of the policy environment for these kinds of activities in several countries are included in the Nonprofit FAQ under "National Policies Worldwide" (http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faqcat/297-268). Posted 11/13/07 -- PB