This is a list of foundations in Canada. Foundations in Canada are registered charities. Under Canadian law, foundations may be public or private;, they made up 12% of all registered charities in Canada.[1], Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private.
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.
The largest foundation in Canada as of June 2023 is Mastercard Foundation (private), with $37 billion in assets.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $77 million (2014) | |||
| $1 billion[2] (2014) | |||
| $362 million (2015) | |||
| Calgary Foundation | $750 million | ||
| Canada Foundation for Innovation | |||
| Canadian Race Relations Foundation | |||
| $45 million (2014) | |||
| $26 million (2016)[3] | |||
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada | $48 million | ||
| $16 million (2014) | |||
| $120 million (2014) | |||
| Edmonton Community Foundation, The | $140 million | ||
| EJLB Foundation, The | $80 million | ||
| $15 million (2014) | |||
| $78 million (2014) | |||
| $83 million (2014) | |||
| $175 million (2015) | |||
| $50 million | |||
| $10 million | |||
| $2.07 billion (2019)[4] | |||
| $220 million | |||
| George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, The | $130 million | ||
| unknown | |||
| Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, The | $470 million | ||
| $1.38 Billion | |||
| $20 million | |||
| $70 million | |||
| Judy and Paul Bronfman Charitable Foundation | $17.9 million (2014) | ||
| $470 million | |||
| $30 million | |||
| $50 million | |||
| $70 million | |||
| $68 million (2015)[5] | |||
| $50 million | |||
| Mastercard Foundation | $23.7 billion (2021) | private | |
| $50 million | |||
| $30 million | |||
| $50 million | |||
| New Brunswick Innovation Foundation | $35 million | ||
| $30 million | |||
| Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation | $99 million (2014) | ||
| $90 million | |||
| Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation | $20.8 million (2015) | ||
| 13.6 million | |||
| $64.3 million | |||
| unknown | |||
| 661 million (2014) | |||
| $285 million (2014) | |||
| $49 million (2014) | |||
| $986 million (2014) | |||
| $60 million |