{
  "id": "charitable-giving",
  "category": "Community",
  "title": "Tax filers who gave to charity, Greater Victoria",
  "geography": "Victoria census metropolitan area (Greater Victoria)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "People and families",
    "Federal (tax credit for charitable giving)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "Out of every 100 people who filed a tax return, how many claimed money they gave to a registered charity?",
  "value": 20.2,
  "display_value": "20.2%",
  "unit": "of tax filers, 2023",
  "period": "Calendar year 2023",
  "period_start": "2023-01-01",
  "period_end": "2023-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "Calendar year 2022",
    "previous_value": 20.9,
    "change_percent": -0.8,
    "change_unit": "percentage points"
  },
  "trend": "context",
  "direction_good": "up",
  "right_direction": "Shown for context, without a better or worse label: people give in many ways that tax returns do not show.",
  "trend_basis": "64,220 donors among 318,530 tax filers in 2023 (20.2%), median amount given $540. 2022: 20.9%. B.C.: 15.9%. Canada: 16.8%.",
  "since_text": "Median amount given $540 (2022: $520). B.C. 15.9%, Canada 16.8% of filers.",
  "compare_text": "B.C. 15.9%, Canada 16.8%",
  "caveats": [
    "Calculated here: donors (tax filers who claimed money given to registered charities) divided by all tax filers, from Statistics Canada’s counts.",
    "Only giving claimed on a tax return is counted. Many people give without claiming, give to groups that are not registered charities, or volunteer instead.",
    "Couples often claim all of their giving on one return, which lowers the share."
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "Share of tax filers who gave to charity (%)",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Greater Victoria",
          "area": "cma",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "1997",
              "value": 29.7
            },
            {
              "period": "1998",
              "value": 30.1
            },
            {
              "period": "1999",
              "value": 29.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2000",
              "value": 29.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 29.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2002",
              "value": 28.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2003",
              "value": 28.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2004",
              "value": 29.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2005",
              "value": 28.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 28.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2007",
              "value": 28.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2008",
              "value": 28.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2009",
              "value": 26.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2010",
              "value": 27.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 26.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 25.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 25.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 24.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 23.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 23.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 22.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 22.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 22.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 22.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 21.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 20.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 20.2
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "British Columbia",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "1997",
              "value": 23.7
            },
            {
              "period": "1998",
              "value": 23.9
            },
            {
              "period": "1999",
              "value": 23.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2000",
              "value": 23.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 23.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2002",
              "value": 23.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2003",
              "value": 23.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2004",
              "value": 24.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2005",
              "value": 23.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 23.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2007",
              "value": 22.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2008",
              "value": 23.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2009",
              "value": 21.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2010",
              "value": 22.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 21.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 21.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 20.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 20.3
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 20.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 19.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 19.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 18.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 18.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 17.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 17.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 16.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 15.9
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Canada",
          "area": "canada",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "1997",
              "value": 25.7
            },
            {
              "period": "1998",
              "value": 25.8
            },
            {
              "period": "1999",
              "value": 25.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2000",
              "value": 25.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 25.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2002",
              "value": 25.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2003",
              "value": 24.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2004",
              "value": 25.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2005",
              "value": 25.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 24.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2007",
              "value": 24.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2008",
              "value": 24.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2009",
              "value": 23.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2010",
              "value": 23.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 23.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 22.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 21.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 21.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 21.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 20.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 20.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 19.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 19.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 18.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 17.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 17.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 16.8
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Median amount given by donors, Greater Victoria (dollars)",
      "fmt": "money",
      "unit": "a year",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Median amount given",
          "area": "cma",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "1997",
              "value": 200.0
            },
            {
              "period": "1998",
              "value": 200.0
            },
            {
              "period": "1999",
              "value": 210.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2000",
              "value": 220.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 240.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2002",
              "value": 260.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2003",
              "value": 270.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2004",
              "value": 290.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2005",
              "value": 300.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 320.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2007",
              "value": 340.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2008",
              "value": 340.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2009",
              "value": 370.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2010",
              "value": 390.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 390.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 390.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 400.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 410.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 430.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 440.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 440.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 450.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 460.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 500.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 500.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 520.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 540.0
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "1997",
      "value": 29.7
    },
    {
      "period": "1998",
      "value": 30.1
    },
    {
      "period": "1999",
      "value": 29.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2000",
      "value": 29.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2001",
      "value": 29.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2002",
      "value": 28.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2003",
      "value": 28.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2004",
      "value": 29.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2005",
      "value": 28.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2006",
      "value": 28.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2007",
      "value": 28.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2008",
      "value": 28.1
    },
    {
      "period": "2009",
      "value": 26.8
    },
    {
      "period": "2010",
      "value": 27.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2011",
      "value": 26.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2012",
      "value": 25.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2013",
      "value": 25.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2014",
      "value": 24.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2015",
      "value": 23.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2016",
      "value": 23.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2017",
      "value": 22.8
    },
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 22.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 22.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": 22.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 21.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 20.9
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 20.2
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Annually (tax-return data)",
  "data_published": "2025-04-01",
  "source": {
    "name": "Statistics Canada, summary of charitable donors, table 11-10-0130-01",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110013001",
    "dataset_url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b9fdd972-a01d-4ad1-b008-3dee03c72951",
    "table_url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110013001",
    "table": "11-10-0130-01",
    "publisher_page": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/income_pensions_spending_and_wealth",
    "locator": "Table 11-10-0130-01: Victoria, British Columbia; Number of tax filers; Number of donors; and the median amount donors gave; 2023",
    "reads": "2023: 318,530 tax filers, 64,220 donors, median $540"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Open Government Licence - Canada",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada"
  },
  "attribution": "Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 11-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T05:32:11Z",
  "licence_type": "open",
  "next_release": {
    "text": "Yearly; Statistics Canada has not announced the next release date"
  },
  "source_tier": 1,
  "measure_kind": "context",
  "better_measure": null,
  "status_rule": {
    "rule": "One rule for every measure: a change smaller than 5% of the earlier value, or smaller than the agency's own margin of error, is “About the same”; no change is calculated across a marked break in a series; homelessness estimates, prices, staffing and comparison pages are shown for context without a label.",
    "reason": "Most giving and volunteering is not claimed on a tax return, so the share is shown for context.",
    "threshold_percent": 5.0
  },
  "changes": {
    "year": {
      "period": "Calendar year 2022",
      "value": 20.9,
      "text": "vs 2022: -0.7 points"
    },
    "five_year": {
      "period": "2018",
      "years": 5,
      "value": 22.4,
      "comparable": true,
      "text": "vs 2018: −2.2 pt"
    }
  },
  "direction": {
    "type": "context",
    "rule": "Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series.",
    "key": "steady",
    "label": "Steady this year. Falling over 5 years.",
    "arrow": "▼",
    "rel": -3.3492822966507143,
    "delta": -0.6999999999999993,
    "vs": "Calendar year 2022",
    "cur": "Calendar year 2023",
    "why": "Most giving and volunteering is not claimed on a tax return, so the share is shown for context. The change is 3.3% of the earlier value, below the 5% threshold. Over 5 years (since 2018) the change is 9.8% of the earlier value, at or above the 5% threshold, so the label also says Falling over 5 years.",
    "change": "0.7 pt",
    "one_year": "−0.7 pt",
    "five": {
      "period": "2018",
      "comparable": true,
      "delta": -2.1999999999999993,
      "text": "−2.2 pt",
      "years": 5
    },
    "label_one_year": "Steady",
    "long_key": "falling",
    "long_label": "Falling over 5 years"
  },
  "benchmark": {
    "rung": 4,
    "rung_name": "Context measure: no target expected",
    "as_of": "2026-11-12",
    "items": [
      {
        "kind": "context",
        "label": "Context measure: no target expected",
        "area": null,
        "source": null,
        "documents_checked": null,
        "text": "Context measure: no target expected. Each person decides whether to give. No government sets a target for it."
      },
      {
        "kind": "compare",
        "label": "Comparison, not a goal",
        "area": null,
        "source": null,
        "documents_checked": null,
        "text": "The British Columbia and Canada lines are shown for comparison. They are not a goal."
      }
    ],
    "drawn": [],
    "rule": "Highest rung found is shown; the site never sets a target. Methods, Targets."
  },
  "no_target_expected": "Each person decides whether to give. No government sets a target for it.",
  "benchmarks": [
    {
      "rung": 4,
      "kind": "comparison",
      "label": "The British Columbia and Canada lines are shown for comparison. They are not a goal.",
      "fit": "full",
      "drawn": true,
      "area": null,
      "applies_here": false,
      "same_measure": true
    }
  ],
  "highest_rung": 4,
  "decided_by": [
    {
      "body": "NONE",
      "name": "No government decides this directly",
      "note": "Each person decides whether to give."
    },
    {
      "body": "CAN",
      "name": "Government of Canada and Parliament",
      "decides": "Sets the federal tax credit for money given to registered charities.",
      "laws": [
        {
          "key": "ita1181",
          "label": "Income Tax Act, s. 118.1 (tax credit for charitable gifts)",
          "url": "https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-3.3/section-118.1.html"
        }
      ],
      "last": null,
      "next": null
    }
  ],
  "main_decision_maker": "No government decides this directly",
  "label_1y": {
    "key": "steady",
    "label": "Steady"
  },
  "label_long": {
    "key": "falling",
    "label": "Falling",
    "years": 5,
    "change": "−2.2 pt"
  },
  "target_line": {
    "form": 7,
    "text": "No target expected · B.C. 15.9%",
    "target": null,
    "gap": null,
    "comparison": "B.C. 15.9%",
    "applies_here": false,
    "note": "Each person decides whether to give. No government sets a target for it."
  }
}