The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (CCP) and the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations (NVO) came together to create a new organization: Imagine Canada.

STATISTICS AVAILABLE:  

The Imagine Canada - John Hodgson Library is Canada's leading source of research and resources for the charitable and nonprofit sector

The Media section contains many articles highlighted by statistics.

• The Business of Community

•  In Charity We Trust.

The Store offers publications at low cost.

Please refer to the Research section of the website. Examples of the research:

• Business Contributions to Community Research Initiative

• Leadership Perspectives: Interviews with leaders of Canada's charities and nonprofit organizations

• Volunteers and Volunteerism

• NSNVO-NSGVP synthesis reports

Regional fact sheets (located in the Research Section of the website) showcases the charitable and nonprofit sector in:

• British Columbia

• Alberta

• Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the Territories

• Ontario

• Quebec

• Atlantic Canada

We strongly recommend you visit our site summary The National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP). It provides the most comprehensive look at the contributions of Canadians to one another and their communities ever undertaken in Canada.
Cornerstones of Community: Highlights of the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. The executive summary or the full report.
The Capacity to Serve: A Qualitative Study of the Challenges Facing Canada’s Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations.