List of foundations in Canada

This is a list of foundations in Canada. Foundations in Canada are registered charities. Under Canadian law, foundations may be public or private; as of 2021^[update], they made up 12% of all registered charities in Canada.^[1] As of March 2021^[update], Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private.^[1]

Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active grantmaking foundations in Canada, who had total assets of CA$12.5 billion, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion. In 2018, public and private foundations held around $91.9 billion in assets and made $7 billion in grants.^[1]

The largest foundation in Canada as of June 2023 is Mastercard Foundation (private), with $37 billion in assets.

List

The following is a list of foundations in Canada that have at least CA$10 million in assets, as per their most recent Registered Charity Information Return with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Name	Assets (CAD)	Type
Atkinson Foundation	$77 million (2014)
Azrieli Foundation	$1 billion[2] (2014)
British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation	$362 million (2015)
Calgary Foundation	$750 million
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Claridge Foundation	$45 million (2014)
Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta	$26 million (2016)[3]
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada	$48 million
David Suzuki Foundation	$16 million (2014)
Donner Canadian Foundation	$120 million (2014)
Edmonton Community Foundation, The	$140 million
EJLB Foundation, The	$80 million
Eldee Foundation	$15 million (2014)
F.K. Morrow Foundation	$78 million (2014)
Fondation du Grand Montréal	$83 million (2014)
Fondation J. Armand Bombardier	$175 million (2015)
Fondation J.-Louis Levesque	$50 million
Fondation J.A. De Seve	$10 million
Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon	$2.07 billion (2019)[4]
Fondation Marcelle et Jean Coutu	$220 million
George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, The	$130 million
Historica Foundation of Canada	unknown
Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, The	$470 million
Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal	$1.38 Billion
John Dobson Foundation	$20 million
J.P. Bickell Foundation	$70 million
Judy and Paul Bronfman Charitable Foundation	$17.9 million (2014)
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation	$470 million
Kinnear Foundation	$30 million
Laidlaw Foundation	$50 million
Lawson Foundation	$70 million
London Community Foundation	$68 million (2015)[5]
Macdonald Stewart Foundation, The	$50 million
Manning Foundation
Mastercard Foundation	$23.7 billion (2021)	private
Max Bell Foundation	$50 million
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Molson Foundation, The	$30 million
Muttart Foundation, The	$50 million
New Brunswick Innovation Foundation	$35 million
Peter Munk Charitable Foundation	$30 million
Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation	$99 million (2014)
R. Howard Webster Foundation	$90 million
Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation	$20.8 million (2015)
Rick Hansen Foundation	13.6 million
Saskatoon Community Foundation	$64.3 million
Team Brother Bear	unknown
The Winnipeg Foundation	661 million (2014)
Weston Family Foundation	$285 million (2014)
Vancity Community Foundation	$49 million (2014)
Vancouver Foundation	$986 million (2014)
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation	$60 million