# Canadian nonprofit sector second largest in Johns Hopkins survey

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/03/27/canadian-nonprofit-sector-second-largest-johns-hopkins-survey/
- Published: 2005-03-27T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Canada has the second largest nonprofit and voluntary sector among the 37 countries
surveyed to date by the Johns Hopkins University Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.

The nonprofit and voluntary sector represents 11.1% of the economically active population
in Canada, compared to 9.8% in the US and 8.5% in the UK.

The figures are contained in “The Canadian Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Comparative
Perspective Report”, published as part of the Johns Hopkins University Comparative
Nonprofit Sector Project.

The full report is available online.

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