“Through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the federal government introduced a Volunteer Firefighters Tax Credit in recognition of the critical role volunteer firefighters play in serving their communities.” (Source 1)

“For 2011 and subsequent years, the budget proposes a new non-refundable tax credit, based on an amount of $3,000, for certain volunteer firefighters.” (Source 2)

“The volunteer firefighters tax credit (VFTC) is a non-refundable tax credit available to any volunteer firefighter who completed at least 200 hours of eligible volunteer firefighting services with one or more fire departments in the year.” (Source 3)