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About
CDF Canada is an international development organization building prosperity in communities around the world. We work with local partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to establish and grow community-owned co-operatives to help people achieve more prosperous, self-reliant lives. Our work focuses on food security, community and economic development, financial inclusion, local leadership capacity building, climate change adaptation and resilience, peace and development and gender equality.
Formed in 1947, the Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada soon became the focus for Canadian efforts to foster self-reliant, member-owned co-operative movements in the far-flung corners of the world. This included Northern Canada, where CDF Canada helped Inuit communities establish their own co-operative stores. Since those early days, CDF Canada has held steadfast to the seven co-operative principles, mobilizing the abundant talents and resources of Canadians and their co-operatives to help partners in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Eastern Europe build lasting pathways to prosperity. Co-operation and the simple notion of people pooling their time and resources to achieve together what they cannot achieve in isolation remains at the heart of everything we do at CDF Canada.
Mailing Address
350 Sparks Street, Suite 906
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7S8
Canada
Website & Social Media
Countries
Ethiopia • Ghana • Kenya • Malawi • Senegal • Ukraine
Areas of Focus
(Sustainable Development Goals)
Current Opportunities
Events
Webinar: Should we set up a Canadian Charity and if so, how?
Voices with Impact: Cuso Alumni Webinar
Tools of the Conflict-Capable ENGO Leader
Difficult Conversations: A Workshop for New and Experienced Managers – Free Webinar (Spring 2026)
Voices with Impact January Webinar
AI & Civil Society Organizations: Agency, Labour Justice & Shared Futures
Webinar: Indigenous Perspectives on Global Critical Minerals
Webinar: Legal & Accounting Issues for Endowments: What Charities Need to Know
