Canadians’ Generosity at Lowest Level in 2 Decades: Study

A volunteer opens boxes of donated food items at a Sun Youth charity location in Montreal on July 11, 2022. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press

The percentage of income donated by Canadians to charities is at the lowest point in 20 years, a recent study by think tank Fraser Institute shows.

The study, titled “Generosity in Canada: The 2022 Generosity Index,” finds that Canadian tax filers contributed just 0.49 percent of their income to charities during the 2020 tax year—the lowest since 2000.