Charitable giving rises while proportion of givers declines.OTTAWA Ottawa, city, Canada Ottawa (ŏt`əwə), city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull, Que. -- While the amounts given to charities rose in 2002, the proportion of taxfilers who claimed charitable donations continued to decline slightly, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Statistics Canada's Charities Data Bank. Based on income tax filings, donations to Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. charities rose to $6.5 billion in 2003, the highest ever reported, an 11.4% increase from 2002. The following emerges from Data Bank: * The number reporting gifts on their income tax returns increased by 1.2% in 2003 to just under 5.6 million. * Less than 25% of all Canadian taxfilers claimed charitable donations. * Manitoba had the highest rate of donors (28%). Among the provinces and territories, the $410 median donation of donors in Nunavut was by far the highest. Nunavut has led the provinces and territories since 2000. In 2003, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. and Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador, province, Canada Newfoundland and Labrador (ny  `fənlənd, ny followed with median donations of $330 and $310, respectively, unchanged from the previous year. Yukon had the largest change in median donation, increasing from $200 to $230 between 2002 and 2003.
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