Talking About Charities 2006

October 19, 2006 - The Muttart Foundation has released “Talking About Charities 2006,” a public opinion poll to survey Canadians on their views about charities and issues affecting charities.

The 2006 study is the third wave of a research initiative.  Previous surveys were conducted in 2000 and 2004.  The Foundation has committed to repeating the study in 2008.

From this website, you can obtain a copy of the report, charts that graphically demonstrate results on either a national and demographic or provincial basis, or detailed tables showing responses based on various demographic factors.  Click on the item you would like to see.

The Foundation would welcome your feedback on the value of the survey and how you use it.  You can send an e-mail to bwyatt@muttart.org.

Downloadable Materials
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News release about “Talking About Charities 2006” ( PDF - 23 KB)

Executive summary of report ( PDF - 580 KB)

Complete report ( PDF - 1,181 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – General Trust in Charities ( PDF - 64 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Trust in Charity Leaders ( PDF - 35 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Trust in Types of Charities ( PDF - 13 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Role of Charities ( PDF - 45 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Charity Funding ( PDF - 50 KB)

Charts: National Responses – Public Interest/Vested Interest ( PDF - 24 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Advocacy ( PDF - 42 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Expectations and Performance ( PDF - 36 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Regulation ( PDF - 39 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Fundraising ( PDF - 75 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Business Activity by Charities ( PDF - 47 KB)

Charts:  National Responses – Research about Donations ( PDF - 25 KB)

Charts:  Provincial Comparisons – All Questions ( PDF - 179 KB)

Charts:  Alberta ( PDF - 94 KB)

Charts:  British Columbia ( PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  Manitoba ( PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  New Brunswick ( PDF - 95 KB)

Charts:  Newfoundland and Labrador ( PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  Nova Scotia ( PDF - 91 KB)

Charts:  Ontario ( PDF - 92 KB)

Charts:  Prince Edward Island ( PDF - 93 KB)

Charts:  Quebec ( PDF - 92 KB)

Charts:  Saskatchewan ( PDF - 93 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Gender and Age ( PDF - 633 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Income & Employment Status ( PDF - 687 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Marital Status, Education
& Attendance at religious services ( PDF - 764 KB)

Detailed Tables:  Responses by Provinces ( PDF - 580 KB)

Any questions, comments, or requests for additional information regarding the survey may be directed to the Foundation's Executive Director, Bob Wyatt, by e-mail at bwyatt@muttart.org, or by phone at (780) 425-9616.

Talking About Charities 2004

The Muttart Foundation has released “Talking About Charities” 2004 – a national public-opinion poll in which Canadians give their impressions about charities and issues affecting charities.

The report is available in hard copy, at a nominal cost, from the Resource Centre for Voluntary Organizations at Grant MacEwan College and from Volunteer Calgary.

You can download the report in Adobe Acrobat format. NOTE: You will require Adobe Acrobat version 5 or greater to view these files.

(Adobe Acrobat PDF File)
To download the executive summary, click here

(Adobe Acrobat PDF File)
To download the full report, click here

A series of charts help illustrate the findings of the study. The charts are available for national or provincial results. Click on the appropriate heading:

(Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)
National
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan

The Muttart Foundation is making available the detailed cross-tabulations for study results. These are large files in PDF format.

(Adobe Acrobat PDF Files)
click here for results broken down by gender and age.
click here for results broken down by marital status, education and
attendance at religious services.
click here for results broken down by province.
click here for results broken down by income level and employment status.
click here for results broken down by donor/non-donor, familiarity with
charities and trust in charities.

The Muttart Foundation will make available the full dataset to assist in other research activities. Requests for access to the dataset must be in writing, on the letterhead of the requesting organization and must describe the purposes for which the data will be used.

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