Charities & Giving

Notifies you about additions to the Charities and giving web pages, including Charities Newsletters, policy statements and commentaries, new guidelines, draft guidelines for consultation, and information about outreach activities.

  1. Apply to become a member of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector

  2. Report #1 of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector

  3. Report on the Charities Program 2018 to 2020

  4. Government launches budget consultations to hear from Canadians

  5. Recent news and updates

  6. Recent news and updates

  7. Recent news and updates

  8. Charities information webinars

  9. Recent news and updates

  10. Change required to official donation receipts

  11. The CRA has released a new video in its Gifting and receipting series

  12. Important message for applicants seeking charitable registration or charities seeking re-registration

  13. New articles on the Excise and GST/HST News.

  14. New webpage: Cause-related marketing

  15. Thinking of becoming a registered charity? Make sure your application is complete by creating a personal checklist of all the documents you need.

  16. The CRA’s Report on the Charities Program 2015-2016 is now available.

  17. The consultations on charities’ political activities are now closed. For more information go to Clarifying the rules governing charities’ political activities: consultation process 2016 to 2017.

  18. A new form is available for charities to change director, trustee, or like official information.

  19. New Guidance CG-026, Relieving conditions attributable to being aged and charitable registration is now available.

  20. Ottawa has been added as a location for in-person consultations about political activities and charities. The CRA encourages all charities that have not received an invitation before November 29 to participate in the online consultation.

  21. Form T2081, Excess Corporate Holdings Worksheet for Private Foundations, will no longer be printed and mailed to affected charities. A printable and saveable version of Form T2081 is still available on our website.