⚡ Donation Tools in Canada

Donation tools enable individuals and organizations to collect financial contributions online through one-time, recurring, membership-based, or campaign-driven donations.

Canada is a North American country with a population of over 40 million people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.9% of websites from Canada.

Statistics based on 80K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top donation tools in Canada in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal Donate with a share of 27.3%, followed by Patreon with 22.7% and GiveWP with 21%.

PayPal Donate 27.3%
Patreon 22.7%
GiveWP 21%
Ko-fi 9.4%
Buy Me a Coffee 8.4%
PayPal.Me 7.5%
Donorbox 5.4%
GitHub Sponsors 2.1%
Open Collective 0.9%
Venmo 0.8%
Bonterra 0.7%
Liberapay 0.7%
Tithe.ly 0.7%
GoFundMe Pro 0.7%
Interledger Payment Pointer 0.7%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in Canada than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

4. Ko-fi ^(-1)
5. Buy Me a Coffee ^(-1)
8. GitHub Sponsors ^(-3)
9. Open Collective ^(-3)
10. Venmo ^(-3)
12. Liberapay ^(-5)
13. Tithe.ly ^(-11)
15. Interledger Payment Pointer ^(-6)
16. Streamlabs ^(-10)
18. Cash App ^(-5)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 20 donation tools used on sites from Canada, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal Donate San Jose, California, United States An online donation service that allows organizations and individuals to collect contributions through hosted donation pages, shareable links, and embedded donation buttons. $$$	27.3%
2	Patreon San Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans. $$$	22.7%
3	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that adds online fundraising and donor management features for nonprofits, charities, and fundraising campaigns. Free$199+/year	21%
4	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	9.4%
5	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	8.4%
6	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	7.5%
7	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform that helps nonprofits collect donations through recurring giving, crowdfunding campaigns, peer-to-peer fundraising, memberships, and text-to-give. $$$	5.4%
8	GitHub Sponsors San Francisco, California, United States A platform that allows users to financially support open-source software developers and maintainers through one-time or recurring payments. $$$	2.1%
9	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open-source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	0.9%
10	Venmo San Jose, California, United States A social payments platform owned by PayPal that lets users send, receive, and request money from friends, split bills, pay businesses online, and manage a balance in its mobile app. Free$$$	0.8%
11	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising platform that helps nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies manage online giving, donor engagement, and fundraising campaigns. $$$	0.7%
12	Liberapay Querrien, France A French platform for recurring donations with open-source code that enables creators to receive ongoing financial support. $$$	0.7%
13	Tithe.ly Nashville, Tennessee, United States A church giving software designed for churches and nonprofits. Free$72+/month	0.7%
14	GoFundMe Pro San Diego, California, United States A fundraising platform for nonprofits that supports online donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and donor engagement. $$$	0.7%
15	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	0.7%
16	Streamlabs San Jose, California, United States A live streaming and crowdfunding platform owned by Logitech. Free$27/month	0.4%
17	HelloAsso Bègles, France A French online fundraising and payment platform designed specifically for nonprofit organizations to collect donations, manage members, and run campaigns. Free	0.3%
18	Cash App Oakland, California, United States A peer-to-peer payment service and mobile digital wallet that lets users send, receive, and store money, set up direct deposits, invest in stocks and Bitcoin, and use a linked debit card for everyday spending. Free$$$	0.3%
19	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	0.1%
20	The Giving Block Miami, Florida, United States A fundraising platform that enables nonprofits to accept cryptocurrency donations from individual and corporate donors. $2,500+/year	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Donations in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 80,513 websites from Canada.
We currently track the presence of 27 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 20 were detected on websites from Canada.
Statistics were last calculated on November 3, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.