Collingwood is giving generously this year and last according to Canada's largest online donation platform, CanadaHelps.
The organization ranks Canadian cities and towns annually based on the percentage of the population (donors per capita) that donates via CanadaHelps, and Collingwood is again second in the country with Centre Wellington taking first.
According to this year's information from CanadaHelps, about 5.6 per cent of Colingwood residents donated money through CanadaHelps this year to various charities that use the online service to collect donations and for fundraising.
About 6.27 per cent of Centre Wellington residents donated in 2024.
The remaining top ten include:
- Fort Erie, Ontario (5.27% of residents have donated, moving up from 4th place in 2023).
- North Vancouver, British Columbia (4.62% of residents have donated, moving up from 6th place in 2023).
- Victoria, British Columbia (4.58% of residents donated, moving up from 7th place in 2023).
- Fredericton, New Brunswick (4.25% of residents have donated, moving up from 8th place in 2023).
- St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (4.23% of residents have donated, moving down from 3rd place in 2023).
- Whitehorse, Yukon (4.10% of residents have donated, dropping from 5th place in 2023).
- Waterloo, Ontario (4.07% of residents have donated, remaining in 9th place from 2023).
- Brant, Ontario (3.94% of residents have donated, moving up from 11th place in 2023).
“I was absolutely delighted to hear that Collingwood is ranked second most generous town in Canada!” said Mayor Yvonne Hamlin in a news release. “While we are small in population, we have residents with big hearts. I am so proud to be a Collingwood resident and even more proud to be mayor of this generous community.”
