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Generosity in Canada and the United States: The 2016 Generosity Index
Summary
- Manitoba had the highest percentage of tax filers that donated to charity among the provinces (24.8%) during the 2014 tax year while New Brunswick had the lowest (19.6%). Manitoba also donated the highest percentage of its aggregate income to charity among the provinces (0.81%) while Quebec donated the lowest (0.27%).
- The general trend in recent years is that a declining percentage of Canadian tax filers are donating to charity and they are donating less as a percentage of income.
- Nationwide, a lower percentage of tax filers donated to charity in Canada (21.3%) than in the United States (24.5%). Similarly, Canadians (at 0.56%) gave a lower percentage of their aggregate income to charity than did Americans (at 1.42%).
- The percentage of tax filers donating to charity varies significantly among US states and Canadian provinces and territories. On this indicator, Manitoba is the only Canadian jurisdiction that ranks among the top 20 (ranked 19th out of 64).
- The percentage of aggregate income donated was generally less in the Canadian provinces and territories than in the US states. There was only one US state (West Virginia) where the percentage of aggregate income donated was less than the percentage donated in Manitoba (0.81%), Canada’s highest ranked province.
- US jurisdictions top the overall Generosity Index rankings. Utah places first (scoring 8.8 out of 10.0), followed by Maryland (7.5) and District of Columbia (6.8). Manitoba is the highest-scoring Canadian province (3.7) but ranks only 37th overall out of 64 North American jurisdictions.
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Hugh MacIntyre
Senior Policy Analyst (On Leave)Hugh MacIntyre is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Fraser Institute. He holds an M.Sc. in Political Science from theUniversity of Edinburgh, a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Economics from Simon Fraser University, and an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto. Mr. MacIntyre has published over 25 studies and has written over 80 original commentaries appearing in national and regional media outlets including the Globe & Mail and the National Post. His research covers a wide range of economic policy issues including taxation, government finances, government performance, public-private partnerships, labour policy, income mobility, poverty, and charitable giving.… Read more Read Less… -
Feixue Ren
Feixue Ren is a former Economist at the Fraser Institute. She holds a M.A. in Economics from Lakehead University and aB.A. in Statistics from Hunan Normal University in China. She has co-authored an assortment of studies on fiscal and labour market policy issues.… Read more Read Less…
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