According to the Fraser Institute Canadians aren’t as generous as we might like to think we are. In fact, in 2017, the amount Canadians donated to charity as a percentage of their income claimed on their taxes, hit a 20-year low and it lags far behind the amount Americans give. Nationwide, a lower percentage of tax filers donated to charity in Canada (19.9%) than in the United States (24.9%). Similarly, Canadians (at 0.54%) gave a lower percentage of their aggregate income to charity than did Americans (at 1.52%). Manitoba has the best showing of the Canadian provinces, ranking 44 out of 64 locations measured across the two countries. Saskatchewan comes in at 52. The largest average dollar value of all charitable donations came from people in Alberta at $2,703. In Saskatchewan, the average was $1,875. The least charitable in Canada are in Quebec where the average is a mere $746. Nationally, the Average dollar value in Canada was $1,800. In the United States it was $6,751.