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As of 4 November 2026, 10,959 charitable foundations companies are based in Canada; 208 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 10,959
- Hiring now
- 208 · 105 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Local social welfare foundations · 3,467
- Top city
- Toronto · 314
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 45,983
Charitable foundations in Canada, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Local social welfare foundations | 3,467 | 32% |
| Patient support & health charities | 1,798 | 16% |
| Charity fundraising organisations | 1,298 | 12% |
| Grantmaking foundations | 967 | 9% |
| International relief charities | 946 | 9% |
| Conservation & environmental charities | 735 | 7% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 641 | 6% |
| Food banks | 623 | 6% |
| Scholarship funds | 494 | 5% |
| Animal welfare charities | 439 | 4% |
| Youth welfare organisations | 399 | 4% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 349 | 3% |
| Medical research charities | 317 | 3% |
| General purpose charities | 274 | 3% |
| Service & social clubs | 264 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 4,811 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 4,007 · 32 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,577 · 62 |
| 51-200 employees | 404 · 68 |
| 201-500 employees | 103 · 29 |
| 501-1000 employees | 34 · 9 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 20 · 5 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 314 | 3% |
| Québec | 299 | 3% |
| Montréal | 223 | 2% |
| Ottawa | 99 | 1% |
| Victoria | 74 | 1% |
| Calgary | 65 | 1% |
| La Cañada | 46 | 0% |
| Edmonton | 40 | 0% |
| Downtown Toronto (Central Bay Street) | 34 | 0% |
| Guelph Northwest | 34 | 0% |
| Winnipeg (Broadway / The Forks / Portage and Main) Manitoba Provincial Government | 33 | 0% |
| Vancouver (NE Downtown / Harbour Centre / Gastown / Yaletown) | 29 | 0% |
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The stack of charitable foundations in Canada
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Canada
Public, community & associations in Canada, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 15,537 →
Churches congregations · 8,255 →
Membership associations & unions · 7,287 →
Amateur sports clubs · 5,969 →
Public programmes & agencies · 3,621 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 3,110 →
Municipal government · 812 →
Justice & public safety · 216 →
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10,959 charitable foundations companies are based in Canada; 208 are hiring right now and Toronto has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/canada/charitable_foundations)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Charitable foundations in Canada: questions
How many charitable foundations companies are there in Canada?
10,959 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Charitable foundations → leaf niches such as local social welfare foundations, patient support & health charities, charity fundraising organisations. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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