Canadian Charity Law

Charity law in Canada is a mixture of federal and provincial legislation plus common law and trust law. It is important that registered charities understand their compliance requirements. If you wish to understand your charity law obligations you can retain our law firm by contacting us.

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Every month or so we send out a newsletter with highlights of developments over the last month affecting non-profits and charities.   It is a useful tool to keep your organization, your staff and board members up-to-date on developments affecting non-profits…

Foreign Universities Applying for Prescribed University Status in Canada

[UPDATED ARTICLE: Foreign Universities Applying to be Registered Universities in Canada: What we have learned.] Here is an article by Kate Robertson and Mark Blumberg on “Foreign Universities Applying for Prescribed University Status in Canada”.  It may be helpful for foreign…

CRA letter on acceptable uses of accumulated surplus by an NPO

CRA recently released a letter which discusses acceptable uses of an accumulated surplus by a non-profit organization and whether a benefit to members could result from the use of an accumulated surplus under various scenarios.  The organization in question was an unincorporated…

CRA updates webpages relating to charitable donations

CRA recently updated several of its webpages relating to charitable donations.  Here are the links to CRA's updated webpages:  Questions and answers about making donations Which organizations can issue official donation receipts? What types of gifts qualify for charitable tax credits?…

CRA letter on Clergy Residence Deduction

CRA recently released a letter which discusses whether a school chaplain employed by a Catholic school board can claim the clergy residence deduction as per section 8(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).  CRA had the following comments: Generally, to…

Blumbergs’ budget submission to Standing Committee on Finance

The Department of Finance has requested pre-budget submission.   Here is the Blumbergs' Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and the Minister of Finance for the 2016 Federal budget. The Submission deals with transparency in the non-profit and charity sector…