The following table provides statistics for free tax clinics hosted through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) and the Income Tax Assistance - Volunteer Program (ITAVP) in Quebec, during the 2021 calendar year (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021). The numbers are shown by province/territory and provide:

• community organizations
• volunteers
• individuals helped
• returns filed
• refund, credit and benefit entitlements

Table 1: Free tax clinic federal return statistics by province/territory for 2021^{Footnote 1}

Province/TerritoryFootnote 2	Community organizations	Volunteers	Individuals helped	Returns filed	Refund, credit and benefit entitlementsFootnote 4
Newfoundland and Labrador	110	220	9,070	9,820	$21,646,000
Prince Edward Island	30	110	4,330	4,580	$6,377,000
Nova Scotia	240	510	28,450	30,150	$55,876,000
New Brunswick	210	530	20,430	21,450	$44,415,000
Ontario	1,240	5,280	160,860	182,840	$544,600,000
Quebec (federal returns)	520	3,070	147,870	154,230	$234,217,000
Manitoba	110	530	23,680	27,430	$85,571,000
Saskatchewan	140	410	22,390	24,180	$106,502,000
Alberta	350	2,190	63,330	73,040	$178,546,000
British Columbia	490	2,320	79,240	91,170	$158,136,000
Yukon	20	30	970	1,250	$1,312,000
Northwest Territories	10	10	770	880	$2,880,000
Nunavut	20	20	670	760	$3,112,000
Outside Canada	0	0	90	120	$75,000
Not applicable	0	0	12,170	16,710	$9,690,000
Total	3,490	15,230	574,330Footnote 3	638,610Footnote 3	$1,454,045,000Footnote 3

Footnotes for Table 1

Footnote 1

These statistics are as of January 8, 2022. Reporting period is January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. All data have been rounded. The amounts apply to current and prior-year income tax and benefit returns filed through the program. As the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) receives more information, the data may change.

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Footnote 2

The listed province/territory is where the individual was a resident on December 31, 2021, as reported on their return. An individual can have multiple returns (current and previous years) filed under more than one province or territory. Provincial/territorial totals will not add up to national totals. This is because national totals include counts for those whose province/territory of residence could not be identified when the data was gathered.

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Footnote 3

Totals include figures for federal returns for all provinces and territories (including Quebec).

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Footnote 4

Amounts are from federal and provincial refund, credit, and benefits administered through the CRA and do not include the provincial data from Quebec.

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Table 2: Free tax clinic provincial and federal return statistics for Quebec for 2021^{Footnote 1}

ProvinceFootnote 2	Community organizations	Volunteers	Individuals helped	Returns filed	Refund, credit and benefit entitlements
Quebec (federal returns)Footnote 3	520	3,070	147,870Footnote 5	154,230	$234,217,000
Quebec (provincial returns)Footnote 4			165,540Footnote 5	173,240	$226,548,000Footnote 6

Footnotes for Table 2

Footnote 1

Reporting period is January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. All data have been rounded. The amounts apply to current and prior-year income tax and benefit returns filed through the ITAVP.

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Footnote 2

Quebec is where the individual was a resident on December 31, 2021, as reported on their return. An individual can have multiple returns (current and previous years) filed under more than one province or territory.

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Footnote 3

Federal statistics are as of January 8, 2022 and cover the federal return filed for Quebec residents. As the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) receives more information, the data may change.

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Footnote 4

Provincial statistics were provided by Revenu Quebec and have not been verified by the CRA. They are as of January 17, 2022, and include the provincial returns administered through the Revenu Quebec. As Revenu Quebec receives more information, the data may change.

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Footnote 5

165,540 individuals had their provincial return completed and 147,870 had at least one federal return completed through the program. Since the provincial data has not been verified by the CRA, it isn’t known how many of these individuals filed both their provincial and federal returns.

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Footnote 6

Amount is from provincial refund, credit, and benefits entitlements administered through Revenu Quebec. Amount is an estimate.

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