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Table 29.1 Charitable donations, by selected characteristics of donors, and by province and territory, 2007

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Table 29.1 Charitable donations, by selected characteristics of donors, and by province and territory, 2007
	Canada	N.L.	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.	Man.	Sask.	Alta.	B.C.	Y.T.	N.W.T.	Nvt.
	number
All taxfilers¹	23,725,970	392,520	103,760	683,540	565,580	5,862,570	8,929,740	840,580	717,830	2,457,380	3,107,130	22,140	27,330	15,880
All donors	5,698,880	82,740	26,660	157,420	124,840	1,282,210	2,291,180	229,180	183,870	601,460	708,490	4,680	4,530	1,610
	% of donors
Males	55	58	52	53	55	56	54	54	54	57	53	44	50	48
Females	45	42	48	47	45	44	46	46	46	43	47	56	50	53
	years
Average age of donors²	53	54	54	56	54	53	53	53	54	50	53	49	45	45
	% of donors
Age group of donors²
0 to 24	3	1	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	5	3	3	4	4
25 to 34	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	15	11	12	19	20
35 to 44	18	17	17	16	17	17	19	18	16	19	18	21	25	24
45 to 54	24	23	23	23	23	25	23	23	24	25	23	30	29	24
55 to 64	20	25	23	22	23	21	19	19	19	17	20	22	18	20
65 and older	24	25	26	29	25	23	24	24	28	19	25	12	6	7
	$
Average donation by age group of donors²
0 to 24	510	360	280	300	410	180	530	740	720	710	650	420	340	570
25 to 34	840	510	410	570	600	300	920	1,060	850	1,260	1,150	640	680	830
35 to 44	1,270	780	730	840	820	530	1,450	1,450	1,360	1,800	1,610	890	930	1,260
45 to 54	1,610	980	920	1,140	1,150	600	1,930	1,950	1,540	2,540	1,890	1,580	1,430	2,130
55 to 64	1,680	1,070	1,110	1,310	1,360	640	1,920	1,850	1,680	3,170	1,990	1,600	1,860	2,030
65 and older	1,940	1,120	1,730	1,650	1,670	960	2,250	1,950	1,790	2,910	2,230	1,440	1,850	1,920
Median total income of donors^3,4	49,310	37,550	39,180	43,260	41,150	46,110	52,200	43,650	45,340	56,970	49,010	60,390	79,730	79,310
Median donation, both sexes⁴	250	340	360	310	300	130	310	330	320	350	340	250	250	470
Males	270	360	410	330	330	140	330	370	350	400	380	270	280	450
Females	230	300	320	280	260	110	280	290	290	300	300	230	220	480
	$ thousands
Total charitable donations	8,648,660	78,735	28,870	190,870	150,695	814,945	4,024,030	387,680	275,830	1,383,715	1,299,305	5,940	5,545	2,505
Males	5,728,385	52,800	16,980	115,980	96,150	534,525	2,644,865	253,315	176,860	996,440	832,775	3,145	3,180	1,370
Females	2,920,275	25,935	11,890	74,890	54,545	280,420	1,379,165	134,370	98,965	387,275	466,530	2,795	2,365	1,135
Notes: Charitable donations are amounts given to charities and approved organizations for which official tax receipts were provided and claimed on tax returns. A donor is defined as a taxfiler reporting a charitable donation amount on line 340 of the personal income tax form.
1. Taxfilers are people who filed a tax return for the reference year and were alive at the end of the year.
2. Characteristics such as age are as of December 31 of the reference year.
3. Total income is income from all sources. Median income is rounded to the nearest hundred dollars.
4. Zero values are not included in the calculation of medians for individuals.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 111-0001 and 111-0002.