Gwenyth Stadig

About Gwenyth Stadig

Charities, not-for-profits and other tax-exempt organizations make up a big part of Gwenyth Stadig's practice at Gowling WLG, where Gwenyth is a partner. So do First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Indigenous governments, organizations and individuals. The common thread is compliance: helping each client meet what the law asks of it, with particular depth in dealings with the Canada Revenue Agency and Ontario's Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee. Gwenyth works from the firm's Toronto and Waterloo Region offices.

Law came second. Before it, Gwenyth lived in Nunavut and did master's research on the health of Indigenous youth, built around questions the community itself had raised. Gwenyth also co-authored academic papers on water safety and climate adaptation in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, and Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. After a JD from the University of New Brunswick, Gwenyth was called to the bars of both Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario in 2016, starting out that April as an associate in Stewart McKelvey's St. John's office.

Gwenyth has also put real time into the charity bar, with a term as chair of the Ontario Bar Association's Charity & Not-for-Profit Law section and a seat on the executive of the Canadian Bar Association's equivalent section from 2018 to 2023. Closer to home, Gwenyth has sat on the board of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce since 2025. In 2026 the Waterloo Region Law Association gave Gwenyth its FEMPOWR Pillar of the Community Award, recognizing a long commitment to advancing women in law, to mentoring, and to Waterloo Region.

Gwenyth's commitment to clients is kindness, personal attention, direct communication and practical solutions. Gwenyth speaks often to the charity sector too, with recent talks for the Waterloo Region Community Foundation on the CRA's fiscal partnership guidance, for Capacity Canada on how the CRA views advocacy, and for the World Wildlife Fund on will disputes and charitable estate planning.