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Saskatchewan stands fully covered: its own filings and guidance stand in the books beside the federal ones.
Charitable fundraising follows the rules of the place: register where registration is asked, and hold a licence for any lottery.
Saskatchewan licenses the businesses that raise funds for charities, not the charities themselves — and “charitable organization” in this Act reaches only a registered charity. A paid fundraiser holds a licence and a written fundraising agreement before a campaign begins, and a registered charity answers anyone who asks what its solicitations raised and spent. Binds: Fundraising businesses acting in Saskatchewan, and registered charities under The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan).
The law’s own words
“charitable organization” means a registered charity as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada)”
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), s. 2(b) · Read it at Justice Laws · Verified 2026-11-11
“fundraising business” means a person that: (i) for remuneration, manages or is responsible for a solicitation by or on behalf of a charitable organization; and (ii) is not an employee of the charitable organization; but does not include: (iii) an entity that provides consultation services or advice with respect to a solicitation but does not manage or have responsibility for the solicitation; or (iv) any other prescribed entity”
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), s. 2(g) · Read it at Justice Laws · Verified 2026-11-11
“No person shall act as a fundraising business without holding a licence pursuant to this Part.”
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), s. 5 · Read it at Justice Laws · Verified 2026-11-11
“No licensee shall commence a campaign of solicitation unless the licensee has entered into a fundraising agreement that meets the requirements of this section with the charitable organization on whose behalf solicitations are to be made.”
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), s. 26(1) · Read it at Justice Laws · Verified 2026-11-11
“Subject to the regulations, a charitable organization shall provide the following information, within a reasonable time, to any person who requests it: … (b) with respect to solicitations: (i) subject to subsection (2), the portion of gross contributions received during the charitable organization’s last fiscal year that was used directly for charitable purposes; (ii) an estimate of the portion of gross contributions received in the current fiscal year that will be used directly for charitable purposes; …”
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), s. 42(1) · Read it at Justice Laws · Verified 2026-11-11
“This Act does not apply to a solicitation made with respect to a lottery scheme that is lawfully conducted by a charitable organization.”
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), s. 3(2) · Read it at Justice Laws · Verified 2026-11-11
The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), sections 2, 5 and 26
“‘charitable organization’ means a registered charity as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada)” “No person shall act as a fundraising business without holding a licence pursuant to this Part.” “No licensee shall commence a campaign of solicitation unless the licensee has entered into a fundraising agreement that meets the requirements of this section with the charitable organization on whose behalf solicitations are to be made.”
Source: The Charitable Fund-raising Businesses Act (Saskatchewan), ss. 2(b), 5, 26(1) · Checked 2026-11-11