Just under 5 million Canadian tax filers (17.1% of all tax filers) declared making charitable donations in 2022, 0.3% fewer than a year earlier, despite the number of tax filers increasing 3.0% year over year. The total amount donated fell for the first time since 2016, decreasing 3.1% to $11.4 billion. This decrease in total donations followed the previous year's increase of 11.5%, the largest since 2005.
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