Diversity of charity and non-profit boards of directors: Overview of the Canadian non-profit sector

Charities and non-profit organizations play a vital role in supporting and enriching the lives of Canadians. A crowdsourcing survey of individuals involved in the governance of charities and non-profit organizations was conducted from December 4, 2020, to January 18, 2021. The objectives of the survey were to collect timely information on the activities of these organizations and the individuals they serve and to learn more about the diversity of those who serve on their boards of directors. A total of 8,835 (correction) individuals completed the survey, 6,170 (correction) of whom were board members.

Statistics Canada is releasing the findings from this crowdsourcing initiative. Readers should note that, unlike data from other surveys conducted by Statistics Canada, crowdsourcing data are not collected under a design using probability-based sampling. Therefore, caution should be exercised when interpreting the findings from this initiative, and no inferences about the overall makeup of charity and non-profit organization boards of directors should be made based on these results.

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