I live in Chatham, On which is where everyone is receiving these calls from. It's a call center called Millenium that try and collect donations, but collect more than 70% commission from the donation. So it's pretty much a scam. They use charities such as firefighters, cops, kids safety, etc.
If you do want to donate to these charities, do it through them directly. Never over the phone.

This "unknown name" number has called me several times over the past couple of days and at different times. I finally called the number back today and got some answering message saying it was a charity call and asked what state I was calling from?????? I thought this was a Canadian number? After reading the comments here, I will continue to not answer the phone when this number shows up on call display. If they catch me on a bad day, I might just give them a piece of my mind...IF they speak at all according to some of your comments, and demand they take me off their list. Yes, I am on the DO NOT CALL list, but I think charities and political parties are exempt, which is why they are getting away with it.

He said he was with the Alberta fire chiefs office and raising money for some Xmas charity called every night at 5 pm so i told him i was eating so they call in the am

Phone rings, as soon as you pick up, "they" hang up..
"They" called couple of times, so far I never talked to somebody...

They call repeatedly. ?I've now decided that I will never donate over the phone again.

Was a very attractive woman on the phone. asking me to donate monies to firefighters charity, I asked for the charity number ans she swore at me and hung up. Must be a scam, and she was probably fat and hairy, mole covered and stinky!