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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Corporations Canada offering new online services for non-profits under the CNCA

Corporations Canada announced today that it will be offering two new online services for non-profits under the CNCA.  It will now be possible for CNCA corporations to file by-laws and financial statements with Corporations Canada through the Online Filing Centre.  Business Corporations will…

Recent CRA letters of revocation for Canadian registered charities

Here are the CRA letters from a number of recent Canadian registered charity revocations, annulments and penalties.  These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration or the imposition of penalties.    For a number of years we have been…

Canadian Charity Case Law

We are compiling a list of Canadian cases dealing with charities, gifting and related issues.  Let us know if you have any other suggestions: 1996-04-01 Briarpatch Inc. v. Canada 1996-07-08 Vancouver Regional FreeNet Assn. v. M.N.R. (C.A.), [1996] 3 F.C.…

Very disappointing news from Ontario government on ONCA today

As many know the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) was passed in 2010 and was supposed to be brought in by January 2013.  There are ostensibly 59,000 Ontario non-profits, although many may be dormant.  The Ontario government announced today “The government is fully…

Humber Fundraising Management Course “Ethical and Legal Issues”

Mark Blumberg will be team teaching, with Valerie Campbell and Sharilyn Hale, the Humber Fundraising Management Course “Ethical and Legal Issues”.  It was previously taught by Ken Wyman so we will have big shoes to fill.     Here is more information…

Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector 2013

The Blumbergs' Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector 2013 is part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project.   The database covers about 83,000 of the 86,000 registered charities in Canada that had filed their T3010 and were processed into CRA’s Charity…

Canadian Charities Conducting International Activities (2015)

This article Canadian Charities Conducting International Activities (2015) discusses the regulatory environment for Canadian charities conducting foreign activities as well as certain practical and ethical issues.   Download Article