Examples of charitable purposes
The example charitable purposes below are provided as a drafting resource to help you write your organization’s purposes.
Any revised purpose must be charitable and reflect your organization’s current and intended activities. For more information, see:
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| Topics filter | Topics | Examples |
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| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by [insert scope of activities] for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by providing necessities of life and simple amenities, including food, clean water, clothing, and shelter to people who are experiencing poverty. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by operating a food bank for individuals or families who are in need. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by operating a soup kitchen for individuals or families who are in need. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by providing residential accommodation, below market rates, support, and incidental facilities to households experiencing poverty. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by establishing, operating, and maintaining shelters for the unhoused. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by providing persons of low income food and health care products or services. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty of persons who are experiencing poverty by providing micro lending to start businesses. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty of students in need by providing school tuition subsidies. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by distributing school supplies and uniforms to youth who are experiencing poverty. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by providing persons experiencing poverty with individual development accounts to fund training that will help them find work and earn a living. |
| REP1 | Relief of poverty | To relieve poverty by helping persons experiencing poverty find or obtain employment or self-employment. |
| REPDEV | Relief of poverty - Developing nations | To relieve poverty by helping persons experiencing poverty find or obtain employment or self-employment. |
| REPDEV | Relief of poverty - Developing nations | To relieve poverty in developing nations by providing necessities of life, including food, clean water, clothing, or shelter to persons experiencing poverty. |
| REPDIS | Relief of poverty - Disaster relief | To relieve poverty by providing necessities of life, including food, clean water, medical supplies, clothing, or shelter to victims of a disaster. |
| REPHUR | Relief of poverty - Human rights | To relieve poverty by providing assistance to victims of human rights abuses, based on humanitarian considerations, by operating shelters to provide housing and basic necessities for refugees. |
| REPHUR | Relief of poverty - Human rights | To relieve poverty by providing assistance to victims of human rights abuses, based on humanitarian considerations, by providing psychological counselling for victims of torture. |
| REPHUR | Relief of poverty - Human rights | To relieve poverty by providing assistance to victims of human rights abuses, based on humanitarian considerations, by establishing legal clinics for the poor to ensure their access to legal protection and remedies as provided by existing human rights legislation. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by [insert scope of activities] to [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by developing and delivering structured educational courses, classes, seminars to children, youth, and adults. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by conducting research and analysis and making the results publicly available. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing academic tutoring, educational workshops, and mentorship opportunities to school aged children and youth. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by establishing and operating a public school. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing books, equipment, and educational aids to students. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing classes on subjects like childbirth education, preparation for parenting, and nutrition. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing leadership training to the public. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing scholarships, bursaries, and other forms of financial assistance to students. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing awards to students to encourage academic excellence. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by training police officers, teachers, social workers, and crisis response workers to recognize and respond to online sexual exploitation and to assist children and youth affected by this issue. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing courses, seminars, and workshops on supporting and assisting 2SLGBTQI+ youths with issues of bullying and abuse. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by organizing science fairs for students across Canada. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by operating a public secondary school. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by conducting research on public health issues, disease prevention, and wellness programs, and making the results publicly available. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by operating a private secondary school. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing adult continuing education courses such as business and accounting. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing a series of seminars on the history of Indigenous art in Canada. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing a series of workshops on basic car maintenance to the general public. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing distance learning educational activities on subjects such as business and accounting. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing general-interest art classes to the public. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing French language training to the public. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing courses, seminars and workshops on subjects such as marketing, finance and bookkeeping to artists. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing science fair awards to middle school students to encourage academic excellence. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing bursaries and other financial assistance to students. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing scholarships to students to be used for post-secondary education. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To advance education by providing employment-related training and mentorship that includes work placements with employers. |
| ADV1 | Advancement of education | To provide educational forums, classes, workshops and seminars to equip students to find and secure employment or self-employment. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education in the [specify art form and style] by [insert scope of activities] to [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by providing instructional seminars on topics related to the performing and visual arts to the public. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by providing instructional seminars and mentorship opportunities on topics related to the performing and visual arts to youth. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education in the field of visual arts by establishing and operating a school for full-time arts students, focusing on painting, sculpture, drawing, and other forms of visual arts |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education in the field of visual arts by offering visual arts classes to the general public on a part-time or general-interest basis |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education in the field of visual arts by organizing and operating a year-end showcase for graduates of the school educational activities |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education in the field of visual arts by providing courses, instructional seminars, and workshops to teach marketing, financing, and bookkeeping to visual artists. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by establishing and operating public art schools. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by providing structured learning activities such as courses, instructional seminars, and workshops about visual arts, and by providing opportunities for students to publicly exhibit, present, or perform their works, or develop their crafts or skills in conjunction with these learning activities. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by providing scholarships, bursaries, awards, and other forms of financial assistance to enable members of the public to study performance arts at post-secondary educational institutions in Canada. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by establishing and operating a public resource library on the performing arts. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by conducting research on the best practices related to the media arts industry and disseminating the results of the research to the public. |
| ADVARTS | Advancement of education - Arts | To advance education by providing courses, instructional seminars, and workshops to teach subjects such as marketing, financing, and bookkeeping to artists. |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education on the academic subject of human rights by conducting research and analysis of laws, institutions, and practices affecting human rights |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education on the academic subject of human rights by preparing and disseminating academic reports and research papers on issues related to human rights |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education on the academic subject of human rights by supporting the development of university courses and educational materials for those courses on human rights and holding conferences and workshops for students and faculty to further their education as it relates to human rights issues |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education on the academic subject of human rights by providing scholarships for students doing graduate work on the subject of human rights |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education on the academic subject of human rights by providing structured grassroots human rights education to affected communities. |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education by establishing a chair or a professorship dedicated to the study of human rights. |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education by providing scholarships dedicated to the study of human rights to students. |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education by providing classes, seminars and workshops on the topic of human rights. |
| ADVHUR | Advancement of education - Human rights | To advance education by researching and analyzing systemic barriers and discriminatory practices affecting racialized and historically marginalized communities, and disseminating the results of the research to the public. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance [specify religion/faith] by [insert scope of activities] to [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance [specify religion/faith] by preaching its beliefs, traditions, doctrines and practices to the public. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance religion by preaching and advancing the teachings of [specify religion/faith]. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance religion by establishing and maintaining a house of worship with services held in accordance with the tenets and doctrines of [specify religion/faith]. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance religion by establishing a facility to be used for religious activities, workshops, music, and the study and practice of [specify religion/faith]. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance religion by establishing, maintaining, and operating a house of worship with services held in accordance with [specify religion/faith] beliefs and doctrines. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance religion by establishing and maintaining a religious school of instruction on [specify religion/faith] for the public. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance [specify religion/faith] by operating a summer camp, restricted to adherent youth, for education and religious development. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance [specify religion/faith] by providing for the accommodation and retirement needs of monastics and members of religious orders. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance [specify religion/faith] by relieving conditions that affect people with a disability in accordance with [specify religion/faith] teachings and principles by providing specially adapted residential accommodation, incidental facilities, and physical and psychological support. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance [specify religion/faith] by preserving and maintaining consecrated lands and buildings for sacred and religious use, in accordance with [specify faith] religious traditions. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by conducting ecumenical and interfaith dialogues and activities |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by offering ecumenical and interfaith services at a non-denominational place for mediation and prayer |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by organizing and providing chaplaincy services in hospitals, prisons, and universities according to needs and requests. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by establishing and operating places for ritual worship |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by conducting ritual gatherings and seasonal observances |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by performing rites such as naming ceremonies, weddings, and funerals |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing spiritual direction and guidance. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by offering classes in religious education |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing language training to enable the reading of sacred texts |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by maintaining a library of resources on faith and spiritual development |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing worship services |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing pastoral care and visitation to those who are elderly, infirm, imprisoned, or sick. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by offering marriage preparation and marriage counselling in accordance with the teachings, doctrines, and observances |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by conducting spiritual retreats for engaged couples or married couples who want to strengthen their relationship |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by maintaining a directory of resources on family life, marriage, prayer, and spirituality. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by producing and distributing religious publications that promote the teachings, doctrines, and observances |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by establishing an interactive website that provides religious instruction and other resources |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by supporting and maintaining missions and missionaries that propagate its |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by broadcasting a weekly service. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing food to people experiencing poverty in accordance with its principles. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by operating a facility for the care and rehabilitation of the elderly |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing health care and social services |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by offering spiritual and religious care for residents and their families including regular worship services, spiritual counselling and prayer sessions |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by maintaining a place of worship within the facility |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by engaging with local congregations or parishes about the needs of the elderly and drawing volunteers from their members. |
| REL1 | Advancement of religion | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing community support and employment assistance in accordance with its ethical teachings. |
| RELHUR | Advancement of religion - Human rights | To advance the religious tenets, doctrines, observances, and practices of [specify religion/faith] by holding workshops, seminars, and study sessions on issues related to upholding human rights as expressed in the sacred texts. |
| RELHUR | Advancement of religion - Human rights | To advance the religious tenets, doctrines, observances, and practices of [specify religion/faith] by providing spiritual counselling and pastoral care for victims of torture and other human rights abuses. |
| RELHUR | Advancement of religion - Human rights | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by upholding human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in developing countries, in accordance with its teachings. |
| RELHUR | Advancement of religion - Human rights | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by providing necessities of life to victims of human rights abuses |
| RELHUR | Advancement of religion - Human rights | To advance the [specify religion/faith] by preparing resources for use by adherents in Canada and abroad to help people understand their human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| RELHUR | Advancement of religion - Human rights | To advance the religious tenets, doctrines, teachings, and practices of [specify religion/faith] through programs, information sessions, resources and accessible facilities related to supporting, upholding and preserving the rights of persons with disabilities. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by [insert scope of activities] for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing the public with in-patient and out-patient medical services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing affected populations with health care services or products that prevent and manage serious threats to their health and survival. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing accident victims with physical, occupational, or speech therapy. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by protecting and maintaining public health through the operation of a healthy-heart program to slow the development and progression of heart disease. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing individuals with mental health conditions with access to related counselling, information, or group support. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing individuals in the 2SLGBTQI+ community access to information and group support. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing ambulance, paramedic, or firefighting services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing the public with medical diagnostic services, in-patient and out-patient medical care and nursing services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing individuals with cancer with access to health counselling, information, or group support. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing the public with medical diagnostic services, medical supplies such as first aid supplies, or medical equipment such as oxygen tanks. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing medical hospitals, clinics, or dispensaries. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by assisting with the rehabilitation of accident victims. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by assisting with the recovery from alcohol addiction. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing psychological counselling or social services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by operating a vaccination clinic. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by reducing the risk of premature delivery and other complications by providing prenatal care to people who are pregnant. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing extra comfort items to hospital patients. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing individuals with diabetes with services that facilitate the delivery of health care services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing temporary accommodations to family members of hospitalized or seriously ill patients. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing respite for the caregivers of persons diagnosed with a serious health condition. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing publicly available ambulance, paramedic, search and rescue, firefighting, or lifesaving services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by regulating or governing health care service providers. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by raising health care standards. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing affected populations with health care products and services that prevent or relieve a health condition. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To provide health by providing affected populations with health care products and services that prevent and reduce serious threats to survival and health. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing affected populations with health care products that respond to large-scale emergencies. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by preventing the initial occurrence of heart disease. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by slowing the progression rate, or reduce the existing effects of Alzheimer’s disease. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by encouraging and facilitating general physical fitness by providing public sport and recreational facilities. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing public fitness activities and opportunities. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health and safety by providing assistance to other volunteer search and rescue service providers and their search and rescue operations. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing low-income pregnant individuals and their families access to prenatal, labour, postpartum, and pregnancy loss counselling, classes, and support services. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health and safety by conducting ground search and rescue operations, as well as providing training and equipment to its members to ensure their safety during these operations. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by providing counselling for youth who have been victims of physical or sexual abuse. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote health by operating a mobile medical clinic for unhoused youth. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To promote mental health and to prevent youth suicide by operating a youth crisis call centre. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To provide emergency and long-term assistance to victims of human rights abuses, in accordance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by transporting victims of torture to safe locations. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To provide emergency and long-term assistance to victims of human rights abuses, in accordance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by providing medical services to people who have been injured as a result of human rights abuses. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To provide emergency and long-term assistance to victims of human rights abuses, in accordance with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by providing psychological counselling for those affected by human rights abuses. |
| HEALTH | Promotion of health | To provide health care and long-term assistance and support to individuals impacted by systematic failures in relation to the social determinants of health and well-being in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by [insert scope of activities]. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by providing high-quality artistic performances. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by producing public art exhibitions, presentations, and performance art(s) events and by providing forums for qualified artists to exhibit, present, or perform their artistic works through participation in such events. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by providing high-quality public performances of classical choral works. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by providing free performances for audiences that may not be able to attend regular performances. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by providing a public arts centre for the exhibition or presentation of visual arts productions or installations. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by curating art exhibitions and managing a public gallery for the display of visual arts works. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by providing music and art festivals and events, which offer high-quality performances in public places. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To produce arts festivals and cultural events for the purposes of educating and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of the arts and Indigenous culture through participation in such events and related workshops. |
| APPRARTS | Advancing the public's appreciation of the arts | To advance the public’s appreciation of the arts by hosting an annual arts festival which provides high-qualify artistic performances in public places. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by [insert scope of activities] for the public. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by conserving or restoring ecosystems and biodiversity on a long-term basis. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by conserving ecosystems by saving, supporting, protecting, or assisting stressed or endangered flora and fauna. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by reducing pollution by carrying water testing and treatment at the Mackenzie River. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by reducing pollution and by cleaning up or remediating polluted ground. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preventing and reducing pollution and environmental degradation. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preserving ecosystems through the acquisition, maintenance, restoration, preservation of Douglas Provincial Park in Saskatchewan as a wildlife reserve. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preserving ecosystems through the rescue, rehabilitation, or provision of habitats for endangered wood bison in Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, in Alberta. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preserving ecosystems through restoring biodiversity. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment operating a seed bank in Grands-Jardins National Park. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preventing or reducing air pollution by making or maintaining bicycle paths, or providing bicycles for free or on a cost-recovery basis to the commuting public in Moncton, New Brunswick. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preventing soil or water pollution by providing technical expertise about abatement of pesticide use, or other environmental action to persons who are engaged in ecosystem preservation activities. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by reducing pollution by organizing and conducting litter clean-ups, and providing safe litter public disposal facilities, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by preserving ecosystems by operating an animal sanctuary and provide services for the relocation of threatened North Atlantic right whales on the coast of Nova Scotia. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by upholding the administration and enforcement of environmental laws; specifically, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act by monitoring air quality, water quality and other environmental conditions in Canada and providing the results to the appropriate regulatory authorities. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by upholding the administration and enforcement of environmental laws; specifically, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act by providing legal advice and assistance to members of the public and communities affected by violations of these laws. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by upholding the administration and enforcement of environmental laws; specifically, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act by conducting environmental assessments, filing applications, submitting objections, pursuing appeals, and undertaking interventions before administrative or judicial bodies to obtain remedies for violations of these laws. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by developing and maintaining public hiking and walking trails, and observation platforms, to enable the public to observe and appreciate nature. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by maintaining and providing field facilities and natural areas for the live study of species at risk. |
| ENVIRON | Protection of the environment | To protect the environment by operating and maintaining a public waste collection and recycling service. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by [insert scope of activities]. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by spaying or neutering domestic pets, and feral or stray animals. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by offering animal adoption. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by rescuing stray, abandoned, abused, or surrendered animals. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by operating a not-for-profit animal hospital. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals, and returning them to the wild. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by offering temporary shelter for pets of individuals fleeing domestic abuse. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To promote the welfare of animals by providing a sanctuary for aging, dangerous, displaced, unhealthy, or former farm animals that cannot be adopted, returned to the wild, or otherwise released. |
| WELFANI | Promoting the welfare of animals | To uphold the administration and enforcement of laws relating to the treatment and protection of animals in Canada by identifying infractions through direct surveillance and through tips from the public and alerting enforcement agencies. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by children or youth by [insert scope of activities] for/to [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by children or youth by providing publicly available crisis counselling. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by children or youth by operating latchkey services for children attending public elementary schools. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by children or youth by operating a supervised youth centre (or drop-in centre) that provides structured activities directed toward resolving social isolation, low self-esteem, and related personal development challenges. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by children and youth by establishing, operating, and maintaining a long-term group home for youth dealing with family instability, neglect, or being unhoused. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by children and youth by establishing, operating, and maintaining a life-skills learning centre for aboriginal children and youth dealing with educational disadvantages, poverty, and barriers to social development. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by youth by providing employment-related skills training, conferences, and workshops to unemployed youth. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by youth by offering counselling, workshops, and opportunities for healthy recreation to youth at risk for, or demonstrating substance abuse. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by youth by providing counselling about coping with bullying or peer pressure. |
| YOUTH | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by children and youth | To address and prevent problems faced by youth by providing after-school programs for runaways or battered youth. |
| FAMILIES | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by families | To address and prevent problems faced by families by [insert scope of activities] for/to [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| FAMILIES | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by families | To address and prevent specific problems faced by families by establishing and operating an assessment and counselling centre for children, youth, and parents dealing with behaviour management issues. |
| FAMILIES | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by families | To address and prevent specific problems faced by families by providing workshops, and seminars on issues such as anger management, conflict resolution, and effective communication to parents, children, and youth. |
| FAMILIES | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by families | To address and prevent specific problems faced by families by providing grief support and counselling for survivors that addresses issues associated with the loss of family members. |
| FAMILIES | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by families | To address and prevent specific problems faced by families by providing counselling and outreach to individuals affected by family violence. |
| FAMILIES | Addressing and preventing specific problems faced by families | To address and prevent problems faced by families by providing affordable mediation services, and access to community-based programs for separating families. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by [insert scope of activities] to/for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by providing specially adapted residential accommodation, incidental facilities, and support to aged persons with mobility impairments. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by providing personal care, housekeeping, meals, nursing, shopping assistance, and transportation to medical appointments to aged persons with chronic health issues. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by providing trained personnel and specialized services to aged persons who have difficulty performing everyday tasks. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by providing in-home companionship or accompaniment to social outings to aged persons who are experiencing social isolation and loneliness. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by providing counselling, workshops, and support services to victims of elder abuse. |
| CONAGED | Relieving conditions attributable to being aged | To relieve conditions attributable to being aged by providing personal care, housekeeping, meals, nursing, shopping assistance, and transportation to medical appointments to aged persons who are frail. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by [insert scope of activities] to/for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing specially adapted residential accommodation, incidental facilities, and support to people with a disability. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing trained personnel and specialized services that assist people with a disability with their daily activities. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing athletic and recreational activities to support the physical, mental, and emotional health of people with a disability. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing life management counselling and other supportive services to people with a disability to allow them to become and remain more independent in the community. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing job training and job placement assistance to people with a disability. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing summer camps with specially adapted services and facilities to children and youth with a disability. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by providing assistive devices to persons with a disability. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability and improve socio-economic conditions in Canada by operating a social business that employs persons with a disability. |
| CONDISA | Relieving conditions attributable to having a disablity | To relieve conditions attributable to having a disability by carrying on a social business that employs persons with a disability. |
| INDIGENOUS | Addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada | To address the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada by [insert scope of activities]. |
| INDIGENOUS | Addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada | To address the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada by providing them with family counselling. |
| INDIGENOUS | Addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada | To address the needs of Indigenous peoples in Canada by providing culturally appropriate health care services, social services, and wellness programs that reflect their traditions, customs, culture, spiritual practices, and languages. |
| ETHNO | Assisting ethnocultural communities | To assist [enter eligible beneficiary group] by [insert scope of activities]. |
| ETHNO | Assisting ethnocultural communities | To assist refugees and immigrants in need by providing training, counselling, and other support services, including language training, employment training, job-search support, translation services, and information programs on Canadian culture and life in Canada. |
| SOCIALREHAB | Promoting social rehabilitation | To promote social rehabilitation by [insert scope of activities] for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| SOCIALREHAB | Promoting social rehabilitation | To address and prevent specific problems faced by prison inmates and ex-inmates by providing peer support programs that address issues associated with self-identity, behaviour, and attitude change. |
| SOCIALREHAB | Promoting social rehabilitation | To promote social rehabilitation by operating training programs directed toward the reintegration of ex-inmates in society. |
| HUMLIFE | Preserving human life and health | To preserve human life and health by [insert scope of activities] to [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| HUMLIFE | Preserving human life and health | To preserve human life and health by conducting research on protecting the public from terrorism, extremism, and threats to Canada’s national security and democracy and making the results publicly available. |
| HUMLIFE | Preserving human life and health | To preserve human life and health by providing free and accessible swimming and water safety training to the public. |
| HUMLIFE | Preserving human life and health | To preserve human life and health by providing volunteer teams with trained search and rescue dogs to assist in finding missing persons. |
| HUMLIFE | Preserving human life and health | To preserve human life and health by providing sex workers with a tool to report incidents of violence and safety concerns to their peers and outreach workers. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral and ethical development of the community by [insert scope of activities]. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral and ethical development of the community by providing restorative justice services to victims, offenders, and communities affected by a crime or conflict. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral and ethical improvement of the community by promoting equality and diversity by providing classes and workshops to the public to prevent and reduce discrimination. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral or ethical development of the community by promoting respect for human rights in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by facilitating debate and discussion by carrying on workshops and presentations on human rights. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral or ethical development of the community by promoting respect for human rights in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms distributing material that increases the public’s knowledge about human rights issues and abuses. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral or ethical development of the community by promoting respect for human rights in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms creating and undertaking awareness campaigns for individuals, encouraging them to respect each other’s human rights. |
| MORETHIC | Promoting the moral and ethical development of the community | To promote the moral or ethical development of the community by promoting respect for human rights in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms devising awareness campaigns for organizations in the private sector, encouraging them to implement ethical codes of conduct established by the government to ensure human rights are upheld. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by [insert scope of activities] in [specify location]. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by establishing and maintaining a public memorial garden. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by establishing and maintaining a public park. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by establishing and maintaining a public children’s playground. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by establishing, administering, and maintaining a multi-use recreational facility. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by establishing and maintaining a history museum. |
| PUBAME | Providing a public amenity | To provide a public amenity by establishing and maintaining a digital museum to preserve and exhibit the history of women’s rights and social reform movements in Canada. |
| SIGHERITAGE | Protecting and preserving a significant heritage site | To protect and preserve significant heritage sites by maintaining [specify historic site] with a view to commemorating the site and educating the public about it. |
| SIGHERITAGE | Protecting and preserving a significant heritage site | To protect and preserve significant heritage sites by restoring, developing, and maintaining the Rideau Canal with a view to commemorating the site and educating the public about it. |
| ARMED | Promoting the efficiency of the Canadian Armed Forces | To promote the efficiency of the Canadian Armed Forces by [insert scope of activities]. |
| ARMED | Promoting the efficiency of the Canadian Armed Forces | To promote the efficiency of the Canadian Armed Forces by providing cadet training to youth. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote good citizenship by [insert scope of activities] to the public. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To foster good citizenship through the undertaking of youth scouting activities. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote good citizenship by providing resources and programs to help citizens understand the democratic process, including voter rights and the electoral process, and raise awareness about the importance of civic engagement. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote civic engagement, leadership, and volunteerism for the benefit of the public through the delivery of programs that foster and encourage healthy community development. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote volunteerism by encouraging and creating opportunities for members of the public to volunteer with registered charities and other not-for-profit organizations, and participate in community service activities. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote and strengthen volunteerism by providing a means and method for organizations to recruit volunteers. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote and strengthen volunteerism by providing courses, seminars, workshops, and other educational programs of use to volunteers. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote and strengthen volunteerism by increasing the public’s participation in volunteer organizations and support for the voluntary sector. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To increase the public’s awareness and support for voluntarism and the voluntary sector by recognizing, publicizing and educating the public about the contributions of exceptional individuals engaged in volunteerism and community service. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To increase the public’s awareness and support for voluntarism and the voluntary sector by providing a community recognition awards program to recognize the contributions of exceptional individuals engaged in volunteerism and community service. |
| CITIZEN | Promotion of good citizenship, civic engagement, and volunteerism | To promote volunteerism by facilitating public participation in volunteerism with not-for-profit organizations through the operation of a volunteer information, resource and referral centre. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the [specify industry, trade, or profession] by [insert scope of activities]. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote and maintain efficiency and high standards of practice in the culinary industry by developing training for, and providing funds for the training of, individuals engaged in that industry. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence and efficiency in the construction trade in Canada by establishing and maintaining best practices and standards of workmanship, and by developing and offering apprenticeships. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the health care industry by conducting research on best practices, quality and safety. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the mining industry by facilitating the achievement, preservation and maintenance of high standards of practice within that commerce, industry or trade by holding public exhibitions that showcase or demonstrate advances, developments, or the high standards of practice and by awarding prizes for excellence in the quality and safety of its products and services. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the mining industry by facilitating the achievement, preservation and maintenance of high standards of practice within that commerce, industry or trade by holding industry-wide competitions, creating industry-wide standards, or developing and disseminating new scientific and technological knowledge related to the quality and safety of its products and services. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote greater efficiencies within the agriculture industry by carrying on research on the socio-economic profile of a community, its socio-economic strengths and weaknesses, and potential economic opportunities. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in agriculture by improving the breed and management of Holstein cattle by providing information to the public, farmers, and veterinarians about the qualities of, and standards of care for the breed. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in agriculture by improving the breed and management of the Canadian Horse by maintaining a registry of the breed to maintain and protect the gene pool. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in agriculture by improving the breed and management of the Rideau Arcott sheep by offering specialized veterinary care for health issues that affect the breed. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the [specify art form and style] industry by [insert scope of activities]. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the dance industry in Canada by organizing and operating an annual dance competition with merit-based prizes and awards in the categories of ballet, contemporary, jazz, and tap. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in the dance industry in Canada by awarding an annual prize in each province and territory for the best dance-based production. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence in Indigenous woodcarving in Canada by conducting research on the best practices related to Indigenous woodcarving and disseminating the results of the research to the public. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote excellence of classical ballet in Canada by establishing and maintaining best practices and standards performance and choreography, and by developing and offering apprenticeships for emerging dancers. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To preserve and promote the development of, and excellence in, the ceramic arts industry in Canada by providing facilities to enable artists to train and produce their crafts, where such facilities are otherwise difficult to access, or not otherwise available. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To preserve and promote the practice of classical oil painting industry in Canada, and maintain high standards in that industry, by collecting and exhibiting to the public examples of high-quality works. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To preserve and promote the practice of classical oil painting industry in Canada, and maintain high standards in that industry, by making available the specialized tools or facilities artists need to practise their craft. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To increase public knowledge and interest, and showcase new advances, in the media arts industry by collecting and exhibiting examples of high-quality artistic works to the public. |
| COMMINDUS | Promoting commerce or industry | To promote the practice of the literary arts and maintain high standards in that industry, by developing or providing funds for training artists. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold human rights by [insert scope of activities] for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold human rights around the world, in accordance with the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees by providing shelter, food, clothing, and other necessities for refugees. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold human rights around the world by providing medical services to people who have been injured as a result of human rights abuses. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold human rights around the world by preparing and disseminating reports on issues related to human right abuses. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold the administration and enforcement of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Latin America, by creating and disseminating of reports that outline the progress of signatory countries on its administration and enforcement. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold the administration and enforcement of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Latin America, by providing training to government officials, lawyers, and judges in countries that are signatories to the covenant. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold the administration and enforcement of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Latin America, by providing well-reasoned commentary and recommendations to the signatory governments about the implementation of the covenant. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold the administration and enforcement of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Latin America, by providing legal advice to and represent victims of human rights violations under the covenant in order to obtain remedies through the courts of the country concerned or any available international remedies. |
| HUMRIGHTS | Upholding human rights | To uphold human rights around the world, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its related protocols by establishing legal clinics for victims of human rights abuses to ensure their access to legal protection and remedies as provided for by existing human rights legislation. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To promote racial equality by [insert scope of activities] for [enter eligible beneficiary group]. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To promote racial equality by educating the public about racial prejudice and discrimination through seminars and workshops intended for the general public. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To promote racial equality by organizing and implementing conferences, workshops and seminars about institutional and individual forms of racism, discrimination, and stereotyping. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To promote racial equality by conducting research, compiling data, and disseminating the results about racism or ethnoracial disparities to increase understanding and awareness about existing rights of racial minorities. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To promote racial equality by organizing discussion groups open to the public that raise awareness of racism and model alternatives to stereotyping and prejudice. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To promote racial equality by conducting research on systemic barriers faced by racialized communities, and disseminating the results of the research to the public. |
| RACIALEQ | Promoting racial equality | To uphold human rights by monitoring compliance with the Canadian Human Rights Act, providing anti-discrimination training, and seeking legal remedies for victims of racial discrimination. |
| SOCIOECO | Improving socio-economic conditions | To improve socio-economic conditions in [specify location] by [enter scope of activities]. |
| SOCIOECO | Improving socio-economic conditions | To improve socio-economic conditions and prevent community deterioration in an area of social and economic deprivation by providing housing that helps attract health care professionals and essential workers to the Downtown east side of Vancouver, British Columbia. |
| SOCIOECO | Improving socio-economic conditions | To improve the socio-economic conditions and prevent community deterioration in an area of social and economic deprivation, namely the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, by assisting residents in need of disaster relief. |
| SOCIOECO | Improving socio-economic conditions | To relieve unemployment of individuals who are unemployed or facing a real prospect of imminent unemployment in an area of social and economic deprivation in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| SOCIOECO | Improving socio-economic conditions | To provide disaster relief in Yukon by providing financial support to small businesses that enables them to provide basic necessities, essential services and simple amenities to the community. |
| EFFICIENCY | Promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities | To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities by providing a facility, at below-market rates, to house the operations of other registered charities. |
| EFFICIENCY | Promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities | To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities by providing expertise on the planning, structuring, and improvement of charitable programs to better address the needs of beneficiaries. |
| EFFICIENCY | Promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities | To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities by providing consulting and training on operational and management issues such as holding effective meetings, attracting and retaining volunteers, and designing successful programs. |
| EFFICIENCY | Promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities | To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of other registered charities by providing and maintaining facilities for this purpose. |
| GIFTING | Gifting to qualified donees | To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom, from time to time, to charitable organizations that are also registered charities under the Income Tax Act (Canada). |
| GIFTING | Gifting to qualified donees | To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom, from time to time, to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1 (1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada). |