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What are some of the biggest charitable gifts ever made in Canada?

Following are some of the largest donations ever made in Canada:
(if you see an inaccuracy or missing gift, please email marina@charityvillage.com

  • Pierre Lassonde to York University; $25 million; November 2011
  • Peter Allard to University of British Columbia; $11.86 million; July 2011
  • Djavad Mowafaghian to University of British Columbia; $15 million; April 2011
  • Ryan and Keith Beedie to Simon Fraser University; $22 million; February 2011
  • Terrence Donnelly to University of Toronto; $12 million; February 2011
  • Joe and Rosalie Segal to Vancouver General Hospital; $12 million; November 2010
  • Garron family to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids); $30 million; November 2010
  • Bill Holland and family to Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital; $20 million; June 2010
  • Peter and Melanie Munk to University of Toronto; $35 million; April 2010
  • John and Cheryl Aldred to SAIT Polytechnic; $15 million; April 2010
  • Peter and Melanie Munk to University of Toronto; $35 million; April 2010
  • Seymour Schulich to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; $10 million; November, 2009
  • Seymour Schulich to Dalhousie University; $20 million; October, 2009
  • Robert H.N. Ho to Vancouver General Hospital; $15 million; March, 2009
  • Marilyn I. Walker to Brock University's school of fine and performing arts; $15 million; November, 2008
  • The Campbell family to Princess Margaret Hospital; $37.5 million; June, 2008
  • Mike Lazaridis to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; $50 million; June, 2008
  • Guy Laliberté to the ONE DROP Foundation; $100 million; October, 2007
  • David Braley to McMaster University; $50 million; June, 2007
  • Ron Joyce to McMaster University; $10 million; June, 2007
  • Sheldon Inwentash and Lynn Factor to the University of Toronto; $15 million; June, 2007
  • Ted and Loretta Rogers to Ryerson University; $15 million; May, 2007
  • Lawrence Bloomberg to the University of Toronto; $10 million; March, 2007
  • Arthur and Sonia Labatt to the Hospital for Sick Children; $30 million; February, 2007
  • Robert Schad to the Royal Ontario Museum; $12 million; November, 2006
  • Joseph and Wolf Lebovic to Mount Sinai Hospital; $50 million; October, 2006
  • Margaret and Charles Juravinski to Hamilton Health Sciences; $15 million; September, 2006
  • Paul Desmarais Sr. to the University of Ottawa; $15 million; August, 2006
  • Gordon and Leslie Diamond to Vancouver General Hospital; $20 million; June, 2006
  • Lawrence Tanenbaum to Mount Sinai Hospital; $25 million; June, 2006
  • David R. Cheriton to the University of Waterloo; $25 million; December, 2005
  • Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation to St. Michael's Hospital; $25 million; November, 2005
  • Patrick and Barbara Keenan to St. Michael's Hospital; $13 million; November, 2005
  • Canadian Credit Management Foundation (CCMF), headed by Marcel Desautels, to McGill University; $22 million; November, 2005
  • Susanne and Bill Holland to Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre; $20 million; October, 2005
  • Seymour Schulich to McGill University; $20 million; October, 2005
  • Seymour Schulich to the University of Western Ontario; $26 million; April, 2004
  • Michael G. DeGroote to McMaster University; $105 million; December, 2003
  • William L. Sauder to the University of British Columbia; $20 million; June, 2003
  • Michael Lee-Chin to the Royal Ontario Museum; $30 million; April, 2003
  • Kenneth Thomson to the Art Gallery of Ontario; $70 million; November, 2002
  • Barry and Honey Sherman to United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto: $50 million; November, 2002
  • Joseph and Wolf Lebovic to Mt. Sinai Hospital; $10 million; November, 2002
  • Ike Barber to the University of British Columbia: $20 million; October, 2002
  • Moffat family to the Winnipeg Foundation: $100 million; December, 2001
  • Mike Lazardis to the Perimeter Institute: $100 million; October, 2001
  • Richard H. Tomlinson to McGill University: $60 million; May, 2000
  • Stewart Blusson to the University of British Columbia: $50 million; October, 1998
  • Joyce Young to the Hamilton Community Foundation: $40 million; April, 2000
  • Anonymous donor to the Edmonton Community Foundation: $21 million; May, 2001
  • Richard Lindsay Morrison to the United Church of Canada: US$14 million; February, 2000
  • J.C. Anderson to the Calgary Foundation: $11 million; November, 2001
  • Michael Williams to the University of Victoria: $10 million; July, 2001
  • Beatrice Hunter to the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation: $10 million; April, 2001

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