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.
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.