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The best charities to donate to for impact in Canada for 2023

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“Return on investment.” It’s a phrase many Canadians are familiar with in terms of business decisions and investment portfolios. But it’s not necessarily top of mind when people choose a charity to donate to. And that’s understandable. Canadians support charities for a lot of different reasons (usually personal ones), and they hope the organizations they support will meaningfully help people. But it’s hard to know how much change the charities actually effect for every dollar donated. And that’s why MoneySense partners with Charity Intelligence (Ci) to find out more about Canadian charities and their impacts.

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Charity Intelligence top 10 impact charities in Canada for 2023

Ever wonder whether a charity you donate to is really making a difference? If you want to boost the impact of your charitable donations, check out our rankings of best charities for impact. We have four lists for you:

Top 10 Impact Charities OverallTop 10 Canadian Impact CharitiesTop 10 International Impact CharitiesTop 10 Impact Canadian Food Banks

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What impact means for charities—and for your donationsWhat the impact rating of a charity meansWhy charitable impact mattersDo charity salaries and overhead costs matter?Why Canadians donate to charitiesMethodology for the impact rating of charities

Top 10 Impact Charities Overall

CharityCityProvinceSectorSubsectorAgainst Malaria Foundation CanadaTorontoOntarioInternationalHealthCambridge Food BankCambridgeOntarioSocial servicesFoodCanadian Foodgrains BankWinnipegManitobaInternationalFoodThe Citizens’ FoundationOakvilleOntarioInternationalEducationEdmonton’s Food BankEdmontonAlbertaSocial servicesFoodFirst Book CanadaTorontoOntarioSocial servicesEducationFresh Start Recovery CentreCalgaryAlbertaSocial servicesAddictionIndspireOhswekenOntarioSocial servicesEducationLifewater CanadaThunder BayOntarioInternationalWater, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)Operation Eyesight UniversalCalgaryAlbertaInternationalHealth

Top 10 Canadian Impact Charities

CharityCityProvinceSectorSubsectorThe Boundless SchoolTorontoOntarioSocial servicesEducationCalgary Food BankCalgaryAlbertaSocial servicesFoodCambridge Food BankCambridgeOntarioSocial servicesFoodEast York Learning ExperienceTorontoOntarioSocial servicesEducationEdmonton’s Food BankEdmontonAlbertaSocial servicesFoodEPIC SocietySydneyNova ScotiaSocial servicesYouthFirst Book CanadaTorontoOntarioSocial servicesEducationFresh Start Recovery CentreCalgaryAlbertaSocial servicesAddictionIndspireOhswekenOntarioSocial servicesEducationPartners in Mission Food BankKingstonOntarioSocial ServicesFood

Top 10 International Impact Charities

CharityCityProvinceSectorSubsectorAgainst Malaria Foundation CanadaTorontoOntarioInternationalHealthCanadian Foodgrains BankWinnipegManitobaInternationalFoodCODEOttawaOntarioInternationalEducationThe Citizens’ Foundation CanadaOakvilleOntarioInternationalEducationDoctors Without Borders CanadaTorontoOntarioInternationalHealthFarm Radio InternationalOttawaOntarioInternationalLivelihoodLifewater CanadaThunder BayOntarioInternationalWASHMennonite Central Committee CanadaWinnipegManitobaInternationalDevelopmentOperation Eyesight Universal CalgaryAlbertaInternationalHealthWorld Vision CanadaMississaugaOntarioInternationalDevelopment

Top 10 Impact Canadian Food Banks

CharityCityProvinceSector SubsectorCalgary Food BankCalgaryAlbertaSocial servicesFoodThe CompassMississaugaOntarioSocial servicesFoodEdmonton’s Food BankEdmontonAlbertaSocial servicesFoodFeed OntarioTorontoOntarioSocial servicesFoodGreater Vancouver Food BankVancouverBritish ColumbiaSocial servicesFoodHamilton Food ShareHamiltonOntarioSocial servicesFoodKamloops Food Bank and Outreach Society KamloopsBritish ColumbiaSocial servicesFoodInterfaith Food Bank Society of LethbridgeLethbridgeAlbertaSocial servicesFoodMoisson MauricieTrois-RivieresQuebecSocial servicesFoodPartners in Mission Food BankKingstonOntarioSocial servicesFood

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