Ontarians are giving.
The GoFundMe rankings for 2024 place Ontario at No. 1 among all the Canadian provinces and territories in terms of generosity, raising $60.9 million through the community funding site.
GoFundMe says 22,880 fundraisers were created last year in Ontario and and on average, $1,797 was raised in the first 30 days.
Since the site’s launch in Canada in 2010, 175,000 fundraisers have been created in Ontario, raising approximately $633 million.
The fast-growing categories across the province last year were family and monthly bills.
About 12% of donations to Ontario-based fundraisers were made by donors from other provinces.
Nine Ontario communities were featured in GoFundMe’s Top 20 Most Generous Communities list for 2024 with Toronto ranking at number 19.
Here’s the entire list:
1. Victoria, B.C.
2. North Vancouver, B.C.
3. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
4. Vancouver
5. Milton
6. Brampton
7. Kelowna, B.C.
8. Thunder Bay
9. Moncton, N.B.
10. New Westminster, B.C.
11. Guelph
12. Whitby
13. Prince George, B.C.
14. Kitchener
15. Regina, Sask.
16. Calgary, Alta.
17. Pickering
18. Waterloo
19. Toronto
20. Kamloops, B.C.