Canadian Registered Charities

There are about 78,000 charities registered with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. The list of Canadian registered charities includes the charity name, Business Number (BN)/ Registration number, mailing address, and designation type.

The information contained within the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency database is provided to the CCRA by the charities themselves. This information has not necessarily been examined for accuracy by the CCRA.

To get information about Canadian registered charities, you can:

• Search the official Canadian online list of registered charities.
  
• Call the Charities Directorate toll free at 1-888-892-5667 (bilingual). For local calls in Ottawa call 1-613-954-0410 (English) or 1-613-954-6215 (bilingual).
  
• Write to the Charities Directorate, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Ottawa ON K1A 0L5.