Canada

ICNL’s resources and information on Canada.

Global Grantmaking Country Notes

In partnership with the Council on Foundations, ICNL maintains reports on thirty-four countries that help U.S grantmakers undertake equivalency determinations for foreign grantees. The reports in this series describe the legal frameworks for nonprofit organizations and provide translations of relevant legislative provisions.

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Resources & News

In the News

IAJC Adopts Principles on the Operation of Civil Society Organizations

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ICNL led a participatory process engaging over 100 experts from across Latin America and the Caribbean to develop and propose t…

Report

IAJC Principles on Creation, Operation, Financing, and Dissolution of Civil Society Organizations

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The Declaration of Inter-American Principles on the Legal Framework for the Creation, Operation, Financing, and Dissolution of …

Event

Civic Space and the Summit for Democracy

The United States, along with the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, and Republic of Zambia, will h…

Analysis

OAS Regional Report on CSO Regulation

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Briefer summarizes these laws and implementation practices governing civil society organization in the 35 Organization of Ameri…

Analysis

Briefer on the Inter-American Principles on CSO Regulation

This document was designed to help participants in this process and other stakeholders understand the Principles, advocate for …

Country ReportsReport

Being AI-Ware: Incorporating Civil Society Into National Strategies on Artificial Intelligence

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These country papers outline safeguards for fundamental rights and freedoms that need to be implemented into the development of…

Digital Legal Library

An Act to enable students to receive instruction from the postsecondary institutions they attend (Quebec, Bill 78)

Ontario Religious Organizations? Lands Act

Ontario Charities Accounting Act

International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law

What’s New in the Governance of Canadian Not-for-Profit Corporations?

NGO Responses to Counterterrorism Regulations After September 11th

The Origin of the Species: Why Charity Regulations in Canada and England Continue to Reflect Their Origins