Canadians donate record $7.9 billion to charities in 2005

Canadians donate record $7.9 billion to charities in 2005: "Canadians donate record $7.9 billion to charities in 2005


Carly Weeks, CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, November 23, 2006

OTTAWA -- Canadians contributed a record-high $7.9 billion to charities last year, up nearly 14 per cent from 2004, shows a new Statistics Canada study.

Although the number of overall donors only increased by 0.9 per cent last year, it seemed the people who did donate opened their wallets wide.

Nearly six million Canadians contributed to a charity, with Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba showing the biggest increases in donations."

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