Volunteering and charitable giving

Manitoba older adults continue to contribute to society in a variety of ways. They spend much of their time and money making their communities better through volunteerism, charitable giving, and civic participation. In this section, older adults' involvement in these activities will be presented and compared to younger Manitobans when possible.

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Volunteering

  • The vertical bar chart shows the percentage of men and women by age grouping of 45-64 and 65 years and over who volunteer and don't volunteer.

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Volunteer status of Manitobans (PowerPoint)  |  Volunteer status of Manitobans (Excel)

Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2013, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Canadian Survey of Giving Volunteering and Participating (data available separately

  • The table shows the total and average number of Hours men and women volunteer by age grouping of 45-64 and age 65 and over.

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Hours spent volunteering (PowerPoint)

Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2013, Public Use Microdata File.
Information about the Canadian Survey of Giving Volunteering and Participating (data available separately)

Domains of volunteering

  • Shown in this table are the most popular volunteering domains by men and women in the age grouping of 45-64 years, and age 65 and over.

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Popular domains for volunteering (PowerPoint)

*Other includes Law/Advocacy, Philanthropic intermediaries, International, Business/Professional and not elsewhere classified
Statistics Canada. Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2018

Volunteer activities

  • Shown in this table are the most popular volunteering domains by men and women in the age grouping of 45-64 years, and age 65 and over.

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Volunteer activity domains (PowerPoint)  |  Volunteer activity domains (Excel)

Statistics Canada. Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2018

Reasons for Volunteering and non-volunteering

  • Outlined in this table are the reasons Manitobans in the age group 45-64 ad 65 and over who volunteer.
  • Outlined in this table are the reasons Manitobans in the age group 45-64 and 65 and over, who do not volunteer.

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Reasons to volunteer and not volunteer (PowerPoint)

*These percentages do not add up to 100% as multiple responses were given.

Source: Statistics Canada. Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2018

Charitable giving

  • The bar chart shows the proportion of men and women in Manitoba who did or did not donate to charity, in the age grouping of 45-64 and 65 years and over.

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Proportion of Manitobans who did and did not volunteer (PowerPoint)  |  Proportion of Manitobans who did and did not volunteer (Excel)

Statistics Canada Table 45-10-0031-01.  Donor rate and average annual donations, by age group.

  • Outlined in this table is the amount of dollars given in charitable donations in 2018 by men and women in Manitoba for the age groups: 45-64 years, and 65 and over.

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Dollars given to charity (PowerPoint)

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Note: These estimates are associated with a high sampling variability and thus, are accompanied by a warning cautioning users.

*Estimates of average annual donations are calculated for donors only.

Source: Statistics Canada Table 45-10-0031-01. Donor rate and average annual donations, by age group

Domains of charitable giving

  • Outlined in the table are the total amount of donations (in millions) by domains: religion, education and reserach, social services, culture and recreation, and other domains the average donating by men and women aged 45-64, and 65 years and over.

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Total amount of donations (PowerPoint)

*Other includes law, advocacy & politics; philanthropic intermediaries; international; business and professional; and not elsewhere classified.
Statistics Canada. Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2018.

Reasons for giving

  • Shown in this table for 2018 are the individual reasons men and women aged 45-64 and 65 and over donate to charity including belief in a cause, compassion, conrtibute to community, affected by a cause, income tax credit, and religious obligations.

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Reasons for giving to charity (PowerPoint)

*These percentages do not add up to 100% since people can provide more than one reason for giving.

Source: Statistics Canada. Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2018.

Resources

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Volunteer Canada: Older adults
A list of resources developed by the Volunteer Canada to help older adults get into volunteering