Canada’s Voluntary SectorEmerging from the Margins

Paul Carrick

Founder

CAUSE Canada

• There are over 160,000 nonprofit and voluntary organizations in Canada.

That’s 1 nonprofit for every 197 Canadians!

• Canadian nonprofit and voluntary organizations report 139 million individual memberships.

That’s almost 4 memberships for every Canadian!

• 54% of Canada’s nonprofits rely entirely on volunteer labour.

• 19 million volunteers contribute more than 2 billion hours/year to Canadian nonprofits.

That’s equivalent to 1 million full-time jobs!

• Canadian nonprofits have annual revenues of $112 billion.

More than $8 billion of revenues are in the form of individual donations!

• Canadian nonprofits employ over 2 million people.

56% of these jobs are full-time and 67% are permanent positions.

June 28: Memorial Day for Canadian Foreign Aid Workers

June 28, 2011: the 10-year anniversary of the unveiling of the

Monument to Canadian Aid Workers in Ottawa

The Monument’s 3 Key Messages:1) Commemoration of Canada's commitment to international development and humanitarian assistance…

2) A tribute to all Canadians who die while pursuing the ideals of international development and humanitarian assistance and acknowledgement of the risk they face in the course of their work…

3) Special dedication to Tim Stone and Nancy Malloy, who inspired the idea of the Monument.

Julie DescoteauxLesley Ann Wren

Shirley RayStephen FlowerRaya Pearlman

Fr. Joe A. MacDonaldPat Gleason

Lynn Caroline DalzielCharles Topshee

Shirley CaseJacqueline Kirk

Nicolas ParenteauElmer Arias Chinchilla

Stewart SutherlandIsabelle PelletierJennifer Headley

Sally MillerFrançois-Jacques Roussin

Scott MackieChristopher Klein-Beekman

Jean-Claude LauzierErrol Van Huyssteen

Louis Vincent St-Hilaire-GravelVatche Arslanian

John ScogganMaría Jesús Ginés

Dina AwateBob & Ruth Chapman

Jean-Pierre Prud'hommeGordon Reay

Michelle Spencer-YatesRenee Sabatier

Dan Rowan

Katherine FlemingRon Audette

Anthony WielemakerTim Stone

Nancy MalloyHendrick Marinus Abma

Chantal LapaireSusan Lesjak

Suzanne Séguin-GoertzOtto Roesch

Jean-Claude CloutierMichael WalshPeter KennedyJohn MurrantYves MassonLouise Roy

Rebecca ReissPatricia MoroJill McMaster

Patricia HarlandDan O'Hanley

Norm TattersalAlan MastersJoan Conway

Rita WallDan Duffy

William RussonDr. Maria RoversBrian Krempien

Rhena Lee HymovithchJonathan James Fyles

Dr. John DobsonMory Lewis

Jennifer GreenMax Bus

Alexander McLellandLarry Garinger

Willie ArsenaultMarie O'Keefe

Kona MatthewsCarmen Matthews

Marc RadomskyHeidi Trahmel

Gordon FindlayVirginia Price

Clément BoulangerNorman Riley

Chris OramAnn Oram

Bryan JamesEd Reid

William George HowardMargaret Mariner

Alan KemptonTerrence Farebrother

Micheline BilletteClaire Miller

Cicely CorneliusJamie Brooks

Mark Andrew OndrusFrancine Gregoire

Louise ToupinLeo Nederveen

Jack William KosterHarry J.H. Durance