This is a list of foundations in Canada. Foundations in Canada are registered charities. Under Canadian law, foundations may be public or private; , they made up 12% of all registered charities in Canada. , Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private.
Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active grantmaking foundations in Canada, who had total assets of CA$12.5 billion, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion. In 2018, public and private foundations held around $91.9 billion in assets and made $7 billion in grants.
The largest foundation in Canada as of June 2023 is Mastercard Foundation (private), with $37 billion in assets.
List The following is a list of foundations in Canada that have at least CA$10 million in assets, as per their most recent Registered Charity Information Return with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Name Assets (CAD)Type Atkinson Foundation $77 million (2014) Azrieli Foundation $1 billion (2014) British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation $362 million (2015)Calgary Foundation $750 millionCanada Foundation for InnovationCanadian Race Relations Foundation Claridge Foundation $45 million (2014) Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta $26 million (2016)Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada $48 million David Suzuki Foundation $16 million (2014) Donner Canadian Foundation $120 million (2014)Edmonton Community Foundation, The $140 millionEJLB Foundation, The $80 million Eldee Foundation $15 million (2014) F.K. Morrow Foundation $78 million (2014) Fondation du Grand Montréal $83 million (2014) Fondation J. Armand Bombardier $175 million (2015) Fondation J.-Louis Levesque $50 million Fondation J.A. De Seve $10 million Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon $2.07 billion (2019)Blumberg, Mark and Henri Pasha, « Which Canadian charities had the largest assets in 2019? », CanadianCharityLaw.ca, September 6, 2021, https://www.canadiancharitylaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Which-Canadian-charities-had-the-largest-assets-in-2019.pdf Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu $220 millionGeorge Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, The $130 million Historica Foundation of Canada unknownHospital for Sick Children Foundation, The $470 million Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal $1.38 Billion John Dobson Foundation $20 million J.P. Bickell Foundation $70 millionJudy and Paul Bronfman Charitable Foundation$17.9 million (2014) J.W. McConnell Family Foundation $470 million Kinnear Foundation $30 million Laidlaw Foundation $50 million Lawson Foundation $70 million London Community Foundation $68 million (2015) Macdonald Stewart Foundation, The $50 million Manning Foundation Mastercard Foundation$23.7 billion (2021)private Max Bell Foundation $50 million Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Molson Foundation, The $30 million Muttart Foundation, The $50 millionNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation $35 million Peter Munk Charitable Foundation $30 millionPhysicians' Services Incorporated Foundation $99 million (2014) R. Howard Webster Foundation $90 millionRichard Ivey School of Business Foundation$20.8 million (2015) Rick Hansen Foundation 13.6 million Saskatoon Community Foundation $64.3 million Team Brother Bear unknown The Winnipeg Foundation $2.4 Billion (2024) Weston Family Foundation $285 million (2014) Vancity Community Foundation $49 million (2014) Vancouver Foundation $986 million (2014) Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation $60 million
References
External links Annual Registered Charity Information Returns from the Canada Revenue Agency Foundation Search Canada Ajah Fundtracker - online directory of all of the Canadian foundations