Websites and Organizations

Websites & Organizations

Links to information on this page

CRA Charities Directorate
CRA Charities Directorate key web pages
Links to Charities Partnership and Outreach Program websites
Faith-based organizations
Local organizations

CRA Charities Directorate

Contact Information

CRA Client Services toll-free telephone service is available weekdays (except statutory holidays) from 8 am to 8 pm Eastern Standard Time and provides:

Telephone
 Ottawa area: 613-954-0410 or 613-954-6215 (bilingual)
Toll Free: 1-800-267-2384 or 1-888-892-5667 (bilingual)
Fax: 613-954-8037

Address
Charities Directorate
Canada Revenue Agency
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5

Charities Directorate key web pages

Charities and Giving main page
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/charities/

Budget 2010 changes for charities
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/bdgt2010/menu-eng.html

Guide T4033-1, Completing the Registered Charity information Return
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/T4033-1/

CRA Charities Listings
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/lstngs/menu-eng.html

Charities and Giving, What's New (sign up to receive e-mail updates)
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/mllst/sbscrbchrts-eng.html

Maintaining charitable registration: Resource manual for directors, officers, and volunteers (available in PDF format to download)
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/prtng/tlbx/rsrcmnl-eng.html

Toolbox for directors, officers, and volunteers
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/prtng/tlbx/menu-eng.html

Checklists for charities
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/chcklsts/menu-eng.html

Summary Policies—Index Page
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/plcy/csp/csp_mnn-eng.html

Charities Glossary
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/glssry-eng.html

Links to Charities Partnership and Outreach Program websites

Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Mount Royal University
http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/InstituteforNonprofitStudies/index.htm

Charity Central
http://www.charitycentral.ca/site/

Capacity Builders
http://www.capacitybuilders.ca

Capacity Builders, Charity Law Information Program (CLIP) Resources
http://www.capacitybuilders.ca/clip/clip-resources.php

  • Charity Legal Checklist (Word document to download, 291 bytes)

Éducaloi (site available in English and French)
http://www.educaloi.qc.ca

Imagine Canada
http://charitytax.imaginecanada.ca

Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (PLEIS-NB)
(site available in English and French)
Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (PLEIS-NB)

Faith-based organizations

Canadian Council of Christian Charities
http://www.cccc.org/

Church Groups

Many religious organizations, such as the Lutheran Synod, the United Church of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Canada, provide resources designed to help their member congregations complete the T3010-1 Registered Charity Information Return. Contact your local office to see what resources they provide.

Local organizations

We're collecting web links for this section. Let us know if you operate a community-based group that provides programs or resources to help volunteers at small and rural charities complete the forms in the T3010-1 information return.