Start and operate a not-for-profit
Know the applicable laws, as well as grants and financial support available to not-for-profits.
Ontario Business Registry
Organizations can use the new registry to complete transactions with the government simply and quickly.
The laws
Understand how provincial, federal and municipal laws and regulations apply as you start up and run your charity or other not-for-profit.
- Incorporate a not-for-profit, including a charity.
- Know your employees’ rights and your obligations as a not-for-profit employer
- Find out how income and property taxes – and exemptions – apply to your not-for-profit.
- Know the rules for not-for-profit fundraising, from issuing tax receipts to telemarketing.
- How to protect your not-for-profit’s trademark and copyright.
- About the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010.
Funding and financial assistance
Find available government funding, loans and other kinds of financial assistance.
Research
Use government reports and data on the not-for-profit sector in your planning and management.
News
Get the latest news about not-for-profit policies and programs.
Updated: October 20, 2023
Published: November 27, 2015