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Non-profit organizations are big business in Canada, accounting for almost nine per cent of national income.
Non-profit organizations are big business in Canada, accounting for almost nine per cent of national income.
In 2020, non-profits (NPOs) had 8.9 per cent of national gross domestic product, according to a study just released by Statistics Canada.
Urban and rural NPOs generated $303.3 billion revenues that year, an increase of 3.3 per cent from 2019. Both years involved hardships in raising funds due to the Covid 19 lockdowns.
Urban centres host the most NPOs with 104,600 with 30,350 in rural and small towns..
The urban NPOs employed 3.13 million people with one-tenth of one per cent decline in jobs from 2019.
Rural and small town NPOs employed 418,000 people, an increase of almost two per cent.
During the pandemic year of 2020, most categories of NPOs experienced a loss in revenues.
Philanthropic and volunteerism promotion NPOs lost about 40 per cent of revenues. Culture and recreation lost 15 per cent. Social services lost about 12 per cent.
Health NPOs gained about 20 per cent with environmental up nine per cent.
Urban religious NPOs gained 3.3 per cent but rural ones lost 3.4 per cent.
Almost one-quarter of NPOs are religion-based, with 17 per cent in sports and 12 per cent in social services.
Rural/small towns NPOs managed a 3.3 per cent increase in revenues in the 2020 lockdown year while urban NPOs lost three per cent.
Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net
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