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 2022 calendar year (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022). 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 2022^{Footnote 1}

Province/TerritoryFootnote 2	Community organizations	Volunteers	Individuals helped	Returns filed	Refund, credit and benefit entitlementsFootnote 4
Newfoundland and Labrador	100	220	10,810	12,290	$28,781,000
Prince Edward Island	40	140	5,150	5,500	$12,210,000
Nova Scotia	230	500	31,410	33,630	$69,037,000
New Brunswick	200	460	23,530	25,030	$55,269,000
Ontario	1,180	5,300	186,450	217,160	$629,402,000
Quebec (federal returns)	530	3,120	166,090	176,600	$294,527,000
Manitoba	120	480	28,470	34,820	$99,586,000
Saskatchewan	150	400	26,540	29,840	$120,418,000
Alberta	370	1,990	71,700	84,490	$192,164,000
British Columbia	450	2,100	91,360	106,540	$238,955,000
Yukon	10	20	1,060	1,340	$3,285,000
Northwest Territories	10	10	880	970	$3,562,000
Nunavut	20	10	590	650	$3,093,000
Outside Canada	0	0	70	100	$89,000
Not applicable	0	0	5,300	6,490	$7,545,000
Total	3,410	14,750	649,420Footnote 3	735,450Footnote 3	$1,757,925,000Footnote 3

Footnotes for Table 1

Footnote 1

These statistics are as of January 7, 2023. Reporting period is January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. 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, 2022, 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 2022^{Footnote 1}

ProvinceFootnote 2	Community organizations	Volunteers	Individuals helped	Returns filed	Refund, credit and benefit entitlements
Quebec (federal returns)Footnote 3	530	3,120	166,090Footnote 5	176,600	$294,527,000
Quebec (provincial returns)Footnote 4			180,400Footnote 5	191,200	$339,012,000Footnote 6

Footnotes for Table 2

Footnote 1

Reporting period is January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. 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, 2022, 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 7, 2023 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 March 3, 2023, 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

180,400 individuals had their provincial return completed and 166,090 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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