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This guide will help you find the information you need to start working in British Columbia. You can use the menu buttons to move between sections of the guide.

BC’s Nonprofit Sector (NPS) includes organizations that are:

  • non-governmental (i.e., institutionally separate from government);
  • non-profit distributing (i.e., do not return any profits generated to their owners or directors)
  • self-governing (i.e., are independent and able to regulate their own activities);
  • formally incorporated or registered under specific legislation with provincial, territorial, or federal governments.
  • voluntary (i.e., they benefit to some degree from voluntary contributions of time or money)

There are over 29,000 non-profit organizations in BC:

  • contributing $6.7 billion to BC’s economy
  • larger than the GDP of agriculture, forestry and fishing combined
  • employing 86,000 workers

Nonprofits can earn profits just like for-profit businesses, but they’re different because they do not pay taxes and they invest profits back into their mission to enrich the community, society or world.

Economic Value Of The Non-Profit Sector As Compared To Other Industries In BC

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Economic value chart of non-profits in B.C. by industry


Table retrieved from: City of Vancouver, Profile of Sector Non-Profit Organizations