Non Profits Canada January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Nonprofit Organization Management, Civic & Social Organization, Fund-Raising, Libraries, Public Safety
Reported gender breakdown
Female
55%
Male
43%
Non-Binary
2%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
70% of Non Profits Canada employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 11 and is in the bottom 38% compared with the overall average.
How does Non Profits Canada compare?
People in Non Profits Canada were much more positive than average regarding Leadership and Social Connection.
On the lower side, people in Non Profits Canada had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Teamwork & Ownership.
People working in Non Profits Canada are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Non Profits Canada are less engaged than United Arab Emirates 1000+, Hospital & Health Care United States, Environmental Services United States, and Construction & Heavy Industry (100-200).
The highest scoring question for Non Profits Canada had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Social Connection.
People in Non Profits Canada were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'Workloads are divided fairly among people where I work' with 21% of people disagreeing (+6% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
21%