Charities program facts and figures

**Total number of registered Canadian charities as of March 31, 2018**
Category of charity	Total
Poverty	19,394
Education	13,885
Religion	33,020
Other purposes beneficial to the community	19,935
Total	86,234

The following tables include statistics from the 2017-2018 fiscal year (April 1 to March 31):

**Total number of registrations and inquiries**
Type of service	Total
Applications for registration received	3,142
Applications for re-registration received	215
Total number of charities registered and re-registered	1,569
Telephone enquiries	76,258
Written enquiries	10,441

Number of audits completed*
Results	Total
No change/no further action	51
Education letters issued	313
Compliance agreements	92
Voluntary revocations	35
Penalties/suspensions	5
Notices of intention to revoke issued**	25
Annulments	0
Other (includes other audit activities such as pre-registration and Part V audits)	27
Total	548

*This figure includes situations where the audit is finished and the CRA has proposed to revoke the charity's registration, but may not yet have done so because there is a pending objection or appeal.

**Revocations of registration**
Reason for revocation	Total
Revoked for failure to file an annual information return on time	584
Revoked as a result of an audit*	26
Revoked for other reasons (for example, failing to maintain corporate status)	22
Revoked voluntarily (at the charity's request)	930
Total	1,562

* This figure may relate to audits where a notice of intention to revoke was issued in a previous fiscal year, and for which the charity has already exercised its right to file an objection and/or appeal to the CRA’s decision to revoke its registration.

The following table provides an update on CRA’s review of the political activities of charities which began in 2012 and has been wound down according to the Minister's statement on May 4, 2017.

Political activities review as of May 4, 2017
Results	Total
Reminder letters sent to charities that were not audited	29
Total number of political activities audits*	54
Audits currently underway**	5
Audits completed	49
No further action	1
Education letters	12
Compliance ageements	24
Penalty/suspension	0
Notices of intention to revoke	7
Revocation as a result of an audit	2
Voluntary revocation	1
Annulment	2

*While 60 audits were initially planned, the CRA has only conducted 54 political activities audits as a result of the winding down of this program.

**All actions on audits suspended as a result of the May 4, 2017 News Release.

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Date modified:: 2018-12-04

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