Summary Policy
Date
October 25, 2002
Reference Number
CSP - C01
Key Words
Charitable purposes
Policy Statement
The courts have identified four general categories of charitable purposes. For an organization to be registered as a charity, its purposes have to fall within one or more of the following categories:
- the relief of poverty;
- the advancement of education;
- the advancement of religion; or
- other purposes beneficial to the community in a way the law regards as charitable.
References
- Promotion of Employment, CPC-011.
- Computers to Poor Children for Educational Purposes, CPC-013.
- Disbursement of Funds to a Qualified Donee, CPC-014.
- Group Insurance Rates for Registered Charities, CPC-022.
- Publishing a Magazine under the Advancement of Education, CPC-027.
- Charitable Purposes, CIL-1992-001.
- Registering a Charity for Income Tax Purposes, T4063.
- Application to Register a Charity Under the Income Tax Act, T2050.
- A.Y.S.A Amateur Youth Soccer Association v. Canada (Canada Revenue Agency) (2006 FCA 136), 2006-04-05 (http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/en/2006/2006fca136/2006fca136.html)
- Guaranty Trust Co. of Canada v. Minister of National Revenue, [1967] S.C.R. 133.
- Vancouver Society of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women v. Minister of National Revenue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 10. (http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/judgments/index_e.asp)
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