About Us

Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit, charitable organization whose sole mission is to manage the blood and blood products supply for Canadians.

Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit, charitable organization operating at arm's length from government. Its sole mission is to manage the blood supply for Canadians. Created in 1998, it is the successor to the Canadian Red Cross Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency (the former funding arm of Canada's blood supply system).

Collects approximately 850,000 units of blood annually and processes it into the components and products that are administered to thousands of patients each year. Manages the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Net work whose mission is to secure, in an expeditious way, donors for Canadian bone marrow transplant patients and for patients abroad. Screens every donor and tests each unit of blood or blood product collected for a variety of transmissible diseases. Ensures that Canadian transfusion medicine research and development remains at the cutting edge.