Canadian donation receipts require a few extra details. With the standard Funraise donation receipt fields and a few edits to the body of the donation receipt email, Canadian organizations can provide donors with email receipts that contain the information required for compliance.

Helpful examples from the Government of Canada

Standard receipt data

Most of the information required for Canadian donation receipting is included with standard fields on the donation receipt.

Transaction total
Donation Date
Organization Tax Id
Organization Name
Organization Address
Answers to any custom questions
For transactions that include a ticket purchase, the Tax Deductible Amount is also included in the receipt.

Additional receipt data

Canadian organizations can add the following data to the body of a donation receipt email with merge tags and static content.

Donated by

*|donor:name|*

Address

*|donor:address|*
*|donor:city|*
*|donor:state|*
*|donor:postal_code|*
*|donor:country|*

Authorized Signature

Add an image of the signature in the body of your email

Name and website of the Canada Revenue Agency

Add this as text and a link in the body of your email

Receipt Number

*|donation:name|* This merge tag displays the sequential donation Id