What Volunteering Is Worth: What the 2023 Data Tells Us About the Economic Value of Volunteering in Canada
Based on Statistics Canada’s Satellite Account of Non-Profit Institutions and Volunteering, Table 36-10-0618-01, released March 30, 2026 Volunteering is often described in terms of hours given, services delivered, and communities supported. All of those framings are accurate, but they leave out something that matters for advocacy, for planning, and for making the case to funders and governments: volunteering […]
StatsCan Report: The diverse volunteering contributions of racialized Canadians
A new lens on who volunteers and how In December 2025, Statistics Canada released The diverse volunteering contributions of racialized Canadians, a study by Maire Sinha and Christy Lenhardt drawing on the 2023 Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating. It marks the first time the survey has collected data on racialized population groups, giving the […]
Young Volunteers, Big Opportunity: What the 2023 Data Tells Us About Youth and Volunteering
Based on Statistics Canada’s Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2023 (Tables 45-10-0039-01 and 45-10-0040-01) Young Canadians are the most likely age group to volunteer in Canada, and that fact deserves genuine recognition. At a moment when national volunteer rates have declined and total hours have fallen by nearly 900 million since 2018, the continued […]
More Than Half the Hours: What the 2023 Data Tells Us About Women and Volunteering
Based on Statistics Canada’s Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2023 (Table 45-10-0040-01) Women are the majority contributors to volunteering in Canada, accounting for more than half of all volunteer hours despite representing roughly half the volunteer population. They have historically led men in participation rates, given more hours per volunteer, and anchored the organized, […]
Certificate of Completion in Data-Driven Engagement
Across the nonprofit and voluntary sector, organizations are being asked to use data more confidently to support planning, funding, evaluation, and community engagement. At the same time, many people working in volunteering, giving, and participation roles have limited opportunities to build practical data literacy in ways that feel relevant to their day-to-day work. The Certificate […]
