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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) registers qualifying organizations as charities, gives technical advice on operating a charity, and handles audit and compliance activities. Registered charities are required to file an annual return with the CRA, a portion of which is available to the public (as the CRA List of Canadian Registered Charities) and must meet certain requirements of the Income Tax Act concerning their expenditures and activities.

The top 20 charities in Canada (2007) by total assets:

Governing Council of the University of Toronto $4,200,781,000
University of British Columbia $3,217,330,000
The University of Alberta $2,908,191,000
Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, McGill University $2,487,419,000
Calgary Health Region $2,384,625,001
Mastercard Foundation $2,352,787,000
Capital Health Authority (Edmonton) $2,252,096,000
Mcmaster University (Hamilton) $1,654,203,000
The University of Calgary $1,614,287,119
University of Saskatchewan $1,571,098,688
Fondation Lucie et Andre Chagnon $1,531,965,000
Universite de Montreal $1,507,793,000
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters for Canada and Bermuda $1,375,783,507
University Health Network $1,372,399,000
Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal $1,358,901,344
Universite d'Ottawa $1,334,275,999
Queen's University at Kingston $1,314,972,000
Universite du Québec $1,308,369,481
Universite du Québec a Montréal $1,256,757,076
York University $1,256,315,879

Source: Canadian Revenue Agency,  List of Canadian Registered Charities, 2007.

The top 20 charities in Canada (2007) by total assets, excluding health and education:

The Mastercard Foundation $2,352,787,000
Fondation Lucie Et Andre Chagnon $1,531,965,000
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters for Canada and Bermuda $1,375,783,507
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation $884,889,888
Vancouver Foundation $784,506,610
Canadian Blood Services/Societe Canadienne du Sang $782,003,542
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Canada $622,663,000
Federation of Canadian Municipalities $604,846,200
The J W Mcconnell Family Foundation $518,282,415
The Winnipeg Foundation $447,809,536
The Canadian Red Cross Society $427,685,800
Canada Council for the Arts $373,806,154
Island Corridor Foundation $367,213,467
Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation $349,818,714
The Calgary Foundation $311,033,781
United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto $301,997,540
Aga Khan Foundation $298,973,413
Institut national de la recherche scientifique $270,030,207
Funds for Canada Foundation $268,375,843
The Presbyterian Church in Canada $262,013,044

Source: Canadian Revenue Agency,  List of Canadian Registered Charities, 2007.

last update 08/13/2009