Chapter 1 Charitable giving
Chapter 2 Volunteering
Chapter 3 Links between forms of social support
Tables
Table 1.1 Donors and donations, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Table 1.2 Donor rate and amount of donations, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Table 1.3 Percentage of population who are top donors, and percentage of donation value contributed, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Table 1.4 Donations to non-religious and religious organizations, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Charts
Chart 1.1 Percentage of population donating to charitable and nonprofit organizations, by type of donation, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.2 Distribution of donors and percentage of total annual donations, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.3 Percentage of total donation value, by selected organization type, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.4 Donor rate, by selected organization type, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.5 Mean annual donations, by selected organization type, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.6 Percentage of household income spent on donations, by level of household income, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.7 Donor rate by youth experience status, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.8 Average donation by youth experience status, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.9 Donor rate by weekly attendance at religious services, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.10 Average annual donations by weekly attendance at religious services, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.11 Distribution of donations to religious and non-religious organizations, by annual amount donated, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.12 Donor rate and average annual donations, by year of immigration, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.13 Donor rate, by selected organization type, immigrants and non-immigrants aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.14 Percentage of total donation value allocated to selected organization types, immigrant and non-immigrant donors aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.15 Donation rate, by province and territory, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.16 Average annual donations, by province and territory, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.17 Percentage of total number of donations and total donation value by selected solicitation method, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.18 Percentage of donors and percentage of total donation value, by ways in which donors decide to give larger donations and pattern of giving for all donations, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 1.19 Reasons for making financial donations, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.20 Percentage of donors who planned to claim a tax credit and percentage who would contribute more if given a better tax credit, by amount of annual donations, donors aged 15 and older, 2007
Chart 1.21 Reasons for not making more financial donations, donors aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 1.22 Selected factors disliked about requests, donors aged 15 and older who did not like the way in which requests for donations were made, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Tables
Table 2.1 Volunteers and volunteer hours, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Table 2.2 Volunteer rate, mean and median annual volunteer hours, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Table 2.3 Percentage of population who are top volunteers and percentage of volunteer hours contributed, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Table 2.4 Rate and frequency of helping others directly, by personal and economic characteristics, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Charts
Chart 2.1 Distribution of volunteers and percentage of total volunteer hours contributed, by annual hours volunteered, volunteers aged 15 and older, Canada 2007
Chart 2.2 Volunteer rate and percentage of total volunteer hours, by selected organization type, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.3 Average volunteer hours, by selected organization type, volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.4 Volunteer rate by weekly attendance at religious services, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.5 Average hours volunteered by weekly attendance at religious services, volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.6 Volunteer rate and average annual volunteer hours, by year of immigration, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.7 Volunteer rate, by selected organization type, immigrants and native-born Canadians aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.8 Barriers to volunteering, immigrant and Canadian-born volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.9 Volunteer rate, by province and territory, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.10 Average annual volunteer hours, by province and territory, volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.11 Participation rate by type of volunteer activity, volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.12 Distribution of annual volunteer hours, by type of volunteer activity, volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.13 Reasons for volunteering, volunteers aged 15 years and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.14 Skills acquired through volunteering, percentage of volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.15 Reasons for not volunteering more, volunteers aged 15 and over contributing fewer than 1,500 hours annually, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.16 Reasons for not volunteering, non-volunteers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chart 2.17 Volunteer rate, by selected organization type and age group, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.18 Barriers to volunteering more, volunteers aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.19 Percentage of population helping others directly by type of activity, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.20 Frequency of helping others directly during the preceding year, by selected activity, direct helpers aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 2.21 Rate of helping others directly, by province and territory, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2004 and 2007
Chapter 3 Links between forms of social support
Charts
Chart 3.1 Prevalence of different forms of prosocial activity, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 3.2 Number of forms of prosocial activity undertaken, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 3.3 Donor rate, for direct helpers and volunteers, population aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
Chart 3.4 Rate of helping others directly, for donors and volunteers, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 3.5 Rate of volunteering for donors and direct helpers, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 3.6 Rate of volunteering, for donors, and direct helpers, population aged 15 and over, Canada, 2007
Chart 3.7 Average annual donations and average annual volunteer hours, by number of forms of prosocial activity, donors and volunteers aged 15 and older, Canada, 2007
