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  • 1. Volunteering counts: Formal and informal contributions of Canadians in 2018
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100002
    Description:

    Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating (GSS GVP), this article presents information on the volunteer activities of Canadians, including volunteer rates and number of volunteer hours, the types of volunteering activities and the organizations benefiting from volunteerism.

    Release date: 2021-04-23
  • 2. Volunteering in Canada: Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100037
    Description:

    Older generations are more likely than younger generations to be self-isolating and limiting their volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the pandemic has had a series of impacts that vary depending on the type of volunteer organization. Physical distancing and necessary health protection measures quickly affected the provision of face-to-face services, events and meetings involving gatherings of people. At the same time, recent media reports have highlighted many examples of individuals directly assisting others, including picking-up and dropping-off groceries and other supplies in the community, cooking meals, sewing non-medical masks, sharing information and providing emotional support via online social media platforms.

    Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating (GSS GVP), this article documents how people of various generations contribute to volunteering in Canada. Although these data predate the COVID-19 pandemic, they provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities of volunteering in the current situation.

    Release date: 2020-06-26
  • 3. Employer support of volunteering Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X201200111670
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines employer support of volunteering in Canada. It focuses on volunteers who are employed, examining the different types of employer support they receive. It also looks at the number of hours volunteered by supported employees, as well as the type of activities they engage in and work-related skills they acquire through volunteering. Possible effects of employer support are explored, including how it relates to employees' perceptions that volunteering increases their chances of job success.

    Release date: 2012-05-17
  • 4. Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating
    Journals and periodicals: 71-542-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report offers highlights from the 2007 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating (CSGVP) which was undertaken to better understand how Canadians support individuals and communities on their own or through their involvement with charitable and non-profit organizations. For this survey, thousands of Canadians aged 15 and over were asked how they: gave money and other resources to individuals and to organizations; volunteered time to help others and to enhance their communities; and participated in the practices which help give substance to active citizenship. The results from this survey allow this report to tell a story about who Canada's volunteers and charitable donors are and the ways in which they contribute to our society.

    Release date: 2009-06-08
  • 5. Cornerstones of Community: Highlights from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 61-533-X
    Description:

    This publication provides the first national portrait of the many thousands of nonprofit and voluntary organizations found in every Canadian community. The data, from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, reveal a set of organizations that are widely diverse in nature, touching virtually every aspect of Canadians' lives.

    Release date: 2005-06-30
  • 6. Summary of the Findings of the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 61-533-S
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This booklet summarizes the key results of the first National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. These organizations have a significant economic presence and serve as vehicles for citizen engagement. However, many report significant challenges to their capacity to fulfill their missions.

    Release date: 2005-03-11
  • 7. Publicly Available Data Resources in the Nonprofit Sector in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0048M2002001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report contains both inventory of and guide to sources of publicly available data on the nonprofit sector in Canada and a discussion of the characteristics and limitations of these data.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 8. Voluntary Organizations in Ontario in the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0048M2002002
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes an in-depth study of 40 volunteer organizations across Ontario in the fall of 1997 and winter of 1998.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 9. Defining and Classifying the Nonprofit Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0048M2002007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper reviews principal definitions and boundary and classification issues for the nonprofit sector.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 10. Publicly Available Data Resources on the Non-profit Sector in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0033M2000003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report provides an overview of an inventory of publicly available data on the nonprofit sector.

    Release date: 2000-06-12
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  • 1. Volunteering counts: Formal and informal contributions of Canadians in 2018
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100002
    Description:

    Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating (GSS GVP), this article presents information on the volunteer activities of Canadians, including volunteer rates and number of volunteer hours, the types of volunteering activities and the organizations benefiting from volunteerism.

    Release date: 2021-04-23
  • 2. Volunteering in Canada: Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100037
    Description:

    Older generations are more likely than younger generations to be self-isolating and limiting their volunteer activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the pandemic has had a series of impacts that vary depending on the type of volunteer organization. Physical distancing and necessary health protection measures quickly affected the provision of face-to-face services, events and meetings involving gatherings of people. At the same time, recent media reports have highlighted many examples of individuals directly assisting others, including picking-up and dropping-off groceries and other supplies in the community, cooking meals, sewing non-medical masks, sharing information and providing emotional support via online social media platforms.

    Using data from the 2018 General Social Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating (GSS GVP), this article documents how people of various generations contribute to volunteering in Canada. Although these data predate the COVID-19 pandemic, they provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities of volunteering in the current situation.

    Release date: 2020-06-26
  • 3. Employer support of volunteering Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-008-X201200111670
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines employer support of volunteering in Canada. It focuses on volunteers who are employed, examining the different types of employer support they receive. It also looks at the number of hours volunteered by supported employees, as well as the type of activities they engage in and work-related skills they acquire through volunteering. Possible effects of employer support are explored, including how it relates to employees' perceptions that volunteering increases their chances of job success.

    Release date: 2012-05-17
  • 4. Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating
    Journals and periodicals: 71-542-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report offers highlights from the 2007 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating (CSGVP) which was undertaken to better understand how Canadians support individuals and communities on their own or through their involvement with charitable and non-profit organizations. For this survey, thousands of Canadians aged 15 and over were asked how they: gave money and other resources to individuals and to organizations; volunteered time to help others and to enhance their communities; and participated in the practices which help give substance to active citizenship. The results from this survey allow this report to tell a story about who Canada's volunteers and charitable donors are and the ways in which they contribute to our society.

    Release date: 2009-06-08
  • 5. Cornerstones of Community: Highlights from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 61-533-X
    Description:

    This publication provides the first national portrait of the many thousands of nonprofit and voluntary organizations found in every Canadian community. The data, from the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, reveal a set of organizations that are widely diverse in nature, touching virtually every aspect of Canadians' lives.

    Release date: 2005-06-30
  • 6. Summary of the Findings of the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 61-533-S
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This booklet summarizes the key results of the first National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. These organizations have a significant economic presence and serve as vehicles for citizen engagement. However, many report significant challenges to their capacity to fulfill their missions.

    Release date: 2005-03-11
  • 7. Voluntary Organizations in Ontario in the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0048M2002002
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This report describes an in-depth study of 40 volunteer organizations across Ontario in the fall of 1997 and winter of 1998.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 8. Defining and Classifying the Nonprofit Sector Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0048M2002007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper reviews principal definitions and boundary and classification issues for the nonprofit sector.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 9. Voluntary Organizations in Ontario in the 1990s Archived
    Articles and reports: 75F0033M2000001
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report summarizes a study that was undertaken to ascertain the state of the voluntary sector in Ontario.

    Release date: 2000-05-15
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  • 1. Publicly Available Data Resources in the Nonprofit Sector in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0048M2002001
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report contains both inventory of and guide to sources of publicly available data on the nonprofit sector in Canada and a discussion of the characteristics and limitations of these data.

    Release date: 2002-03-21
  • 2. Publicly Available Data Resources on the Non-profit Sector in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0033M2000003
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report provides an overview of an inventory of publicly available data on the nonprofit sector.

    Release date: 2000-06-12
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