# Canada Charities Data — CRA Registered Charities (`truenorthdata/canada-charities`) Actor

The CRA List of Charities as clean data — every registered Canadian charity with identifiers, category, and location, joined into one JSON/CSV file. For vendors selling to nonprofits (your full prospect universe) and for researchers analyzing the sector. Reference data, updated on the CRA's cadence.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-charities.md
- **Developed by:** [Vadim Zabin](https://apify.com/truenorthdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $6.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Canada Charities Scraper — CRA Registered Charities Directory

Every registered charity in Canada from the official **CRA List of charities** open data (Open Government Licence). One clean, structured record per charity — ready for lead generation, sector research, and due diligence.

### What you get

Around **85,000 registered charities**, each with:

- **Business Number (BN)** and **legal / operating name**
- **Full mailing address** — street, city, province, postal code
- **Designation** — Public foundation, Private foundation, or Charitable organization
- **Category** — decoded classification (e.g. Foundations, Core health care, Animal welfare, Arts)
- **Website** — where the charity publishes one
- **Directors / officers** — current board members with their positions

### Example input

```json
{
    "provinces": ["ON"],
    "keywords": ["foundation"],
    "designations": ["C"],
    "includeDirectors": true,
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

- **keywords** — match charity name, operating name or city (any keyword)
- **provinces** — two-letter codes (`ON`, `BC`, `QC`, `AB`…); empty = all of Canada
- **designations** — `A` public foundation, `B` private foundation, `C` charitable organization
- **categories** — CRA 4-digit category codes (e.g. `0210` Foundations)
- **includeDirectors** — turn off for a faster mailing-list-only run (the directors file is large)
- **maxResults** — cost guard; `0` = all

### Example output

```json
{
    "businessNumber": "119033702RR0001",
    "charityName": "MARMORA HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC.",
    "designationLabel": "Charitable organization",
    "categoryLabel": "Public amenities",
    "address": "2619 ANCHOR LANE",
    "city": "KINGSTON",
    "province": "ON",
    "postalCode": "K7L0C2",
    "website": "WWW.MARMORAHISTORY.CA",
    "directors": [{ "name": "Jane Smith", "position": "Director" }],
    "id": "cra-119033702RR0001"
}
```

Export to Excel / CSV works out of the box, so the list drops straight into a CRM or a direct-mail campaign.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor is available over the Model Context Protocol. Point your MCP client at:

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=truenorthdata/canada-charities
```

Then ask in plain language — *"registered animal-welfare charities in BC with a website"* — and the agent runs the Actor and filters the results itself.

### Notes

- Data source: **Canada Revenue Agency — List of charities** (open.canada.ca), Open Government Licence – Canada, compiled from annual T3010 returns and refreshed yearly.
- Contact coverage: full mailing address for essentially every charity; websites for many; personal emails/phone numbers are **not** published by the CRA.
- Roadmap: financials (revenue / expenditures / assets from the T3010 schedules) and sub-category decoding.

### Use in Clay and n8n (no code)

Plug the charities directory straight into the tools your team already uses.

**Clay** — add a source → **Import from Apify Actor** → search `canada-charities` → set your input. Turn on auto-update to append records as rows, then enrich the organizations.

**n8n** — add the official **Apify** node (`@apify/n8n-nodes-apify`): **Run Actor** on `truenorthdata/canada-charities`, then **Get Dataset Items**, and route to Google Sheets, a CRM, or Slack. Add a **Schedule** trigger for an automatic refresh.

**Ready-made n8n templates:** import a working lead-gen workflow in one click — see [Two free n8n templates for Canadian B2B lead lists](https://dev.to/truenorthdata/two-free-n8n-templates-for-canadian-b2b-lead-lists-copy-paste-import-1mkd).

### More Canada open-data Actors by TrueNorthData

- [Canada Tenders Scraper](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper) — federal + Québec government tenders (CanadaBuys, SEAO)
- [Building Permits Canada](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-building-permits) — fresh building permits from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton & Montréal
- [Contractor License Scraper Canada](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-contractor-licenses) — Quebec RBQ + Ontario HCRA builder & trade licences
- [Canada New Incorporations](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-new-incorporations) — fresh federal company registrations, daily

All built on official Canadian open data.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Filter by charity name, operating name or city (e.g. 'foundation', 'hospital', 'Toronto'). Case-insensitive, matches any keyword.

## `provinces` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes to include, e.g. 'ON', 'BC', 'QC', 'AB'. Leave empty for all of Canada.

## `designations` (type: `array`):

CRA designation code: 'C' charitable organization, 'P' public foundation, 'V' private foundation. Leave empty for all.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

CRA 4-digit category codes (see the CRA codes list), e.g. '0140', '0180'. Leave empty for all categories.

## `includeDirectors` (type: `boolean`):

Attach current directors/officers to each charity. The directors file is large (~570k rows), so turn this off for a faster, mailing-list-only run.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Incremental mode: return only charities (by BN) not seen in previous runs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many charities (cost guard). 0 = no limit (all ~85k).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "includeDirectors": true,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxResults": 500
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxResults": 500
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("truenorthdata/canada-charities").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "maxResults": 500 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("truenorthdata/canada-charities").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxResults": 500
}' |
apify call truenorthdata/canada-charities --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=truenorthdata/canada-charities",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mhYGHdpEXAu8dOW0t/builds/vp5vJPDeLubhKDGkb/openapi.json