Founded in 2003 and based in London, Ontario, International Justice Mission Canada (IJM Canada) is a partner of International Justice Mission Global (IJM), headquartered in Washington, DC. Its mission is to protect the poor from violence throughout the developing world, and works toward this mission by partnering with local authorities to rescue victims of violence, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen justice systems. The charity fights slavery, sex trafficking, sexual violence, citizenship rights abuse, land theft, and police abuse of power in developing countries.  IJM Canada follows a Justice System Transformation model with four main pillars: rescuing victims, bringing criminals to justice, restoring survivors, and strengthening local justice systems to prevent violence before it starts again.  IJM Canada supports field offices in the Philippines, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, India, and Uganda. 

To combat forced labor slavery, IJM reports saving 14,659 people since 2001 and training 40,000 government officials and community members trained to combat slavery since 2012. IJM reports saving 3,603 women and children in the sex trafficking industry and arresting 2,340 traffickers since 1998. To fight sexual violence, the charity reports rescuing 65 children and helping convict 50 criminals in Thailand since 2000, as well as 140 children and helping convict 94 criminals in Bolivia. The charity also states that 3,700 survivors participate in its aftercare program every year. To combat land theft, IJM returned 1,200 widows and orphans to their homes in Uganda and helped in the arrest of 92 perpetrators since 2004. Since 2000, IJM helped over 17,500 hill tribe people of Chiang Mai, Thailand receive citizenship rights.  

In its most recent 2018 annual report, International Justice Mission reports rescuing 4,616 people from oppression and restraining 271 criminals through court-ordered detection or convictions. The charity reports that it rescued 34,000 people from oppression to date.  

International Justice Mission Canada is a large charity with donations and special events fundraising totaling $6.8m in F2018. Administrative costs are 9% of revenues (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 18% of donations. Per dollar donated to the charity, 73 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending. The charity’s funding reserves of $447k can cover just 9% of annual program costs.

Not reflected in IJM Canada's funding reserves are prepaid contract payments of $485k, which will be spent on programs in F2019. When prepaid contract payments are included, IJM Canada's reserves total $932k and can cover 18% of program costs. 

Updated on August 20, 2019 by Caroline McKenna.