Canadian Awqaf Foundationالمؤسسة الوقفية الكندية

Records

Public record

What happened, when, and which legal entity it belongs to, with a source you can check.

Timeline

CAF Canadian Awqaf Foundation NAFC National Awqaf Foundation of Canada (“Awqaf Canada”), a different entity

  1. Incorporated as a society in Alberta

    Certificate of incorporation under the Societies Act, corporate access number 5019448686. Source: Alberta Corporate Registry.

    Entity: Canadian Awqaf Foundation

  2. Registered as a charity

    CRA registration effective, designated a public foundation. Source: CRA notification of registration, 9 January 2017; public listing on the CRA List of charities.

    Entity: Canadian Awqaf Foundation

  3. Halal Industry Development in Canada Workshop, Edmonton

    Held at Edmonton International Airport, with presentations by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Awqaf New Zealand, ISRA Consultancy (Malaysia) and others. Sources: workshop agenda; outcome report of 29 September 2017. A follow-up concept paper (26 May 2017) was prepared by Awqaf Canada, ISRA Consultancy and Awqaf New Zealand for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (unpublished).

    Entity: National Awqaf Foundation of Canada (“Awqaf Canada”), organizer

    Husain Benyounis presents in front of a projected title slide reading Halal Industry Development Workshop, Halal Social Finance, Smart Waqf, presented by Husain Benyounis, Secretary General, Awqaf New Zealand, while participants seated at round tables listen, seen from behind.
    Husain Benyounis, Secretary-General of Awqaf New Zealand, presentingEdmonton International Airport · 13 February 2017

  4. Presentation to a Legislative Assembly committee

    Imad Kaddoura, as President of Awqaf Canada, presented to the Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future during its study on growing and diversifying Alberta’s agri-food and agribusiness sectors. Source: committee transcript, page EF-492.

    Entity: National Awqaf Foundation of Canada (“Awqaf Canada”)

  5. Edmonton Journal report on the halal beef market

    “Alberta’s ‘best-kept secret’: Beef producers chase halal market”, Edmonton Journal, 29 January 2018, quoting Imad Kaddoura as secretary general of National Awqaf Foundation of Canada. Read the article.

    Entity: National Awqaf Foundation of Canada

  6. Farm tour, Rock Ridge Dairy, Ponoka

    A tour of Rock Ridge Dairy, a goat dairy farm and processing facility in Ponoka, Alberta, during a visit program arranged by Awqaf Canada, 5–9 August 2018, which also included meetings with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Source: visit program itinerary (unpublished).

    Entity: National Awqaf Foundation of Canada (“Awqaf Canada”)

Governance

Registration and accountability

Everything below can be checked against a public register.

Legal name
Canadian Awqaf Foundation
Incorporated
15 January 2016, as a society under Alberta’s Societies Act; corporate access number 5019448686
Charity registration number
75994 7120 RR0001
Status and designation
Registered charity, public foundation, effective 1 January 2017
Governing statute
Societies Act (Alberta); objects amended on 9 June 2016, by special resolution of the members passed on 2 May 2016
Fiscal year end
31 December. The annual return (Form T3010) is due within six months, by 30 June, and is public on the CRA website.
Relationship
Organizational Affiliate with Al Rashid Foundation of Canada

To verify: open the CRA List of charities, search 759947120RR0001, and read CAF’s status, filed returns and financial information. If anything on this site differs from the register, the register is right, and we would be grateful to be told.