Our Mission

To provide Canadians in financial need with free travel
to medical care far from home.

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provided by HOPE AIR:

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Our Impact

Hope Air helps make Canada’s universal healthcare accessible by bridging the distance between home and hospital, patient and physician.

Morgan

Patient, Port Hardy BC

Morgan never imagined facing a diagnosis of stage IV cancer alone without family. More Info

Patient, Kelowna BC

Tara and Ty began their journey from one specialist to another in their hometown of Kelowna in 2017. However, no one, could tell them what was wrong with him. More Info

Allie

Patient, New Liskeard ON

A diagnosis of a brain tumour is difficult enough. Imagine what a parent feels when it is diagnosed in their 5-year-old girl. This was the case for Julie and her husband Steven, who were strongly advised that their daughter report to SickKids within 24 hours. More Info

Dawn

Patient, Kelowna BC

When Heather, a mother of four from Kelowna BC, took her six-month-old daughter, Dawn, to get her immunizations, she was shocked to find out her baby had been losing weight – about two pounds per week! More Info

Tammy

Patient, St. John's NL

In October of 2015, Tammy left work for what she assumed would be an appointment that was no longer than 15 minutes She did not return to her desk until eight months later. More Info

Rob

Patient, Timmins ON

Rob always loved the great outdoors. But when he was diagnosed with late stage prostate cancer four years ago, he didn’t realize how living 700 km from Toronto would make his life more difficult.
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Featured Partnerships

We are proud to be a partner charity of WestJet Cares for Kids, WestJet’s community investment program. This Thanksgiving, we teamed up with WestJet Cares for Kids to help 23-year-old Leora, say thanks to her biggest supporters in a special way. Leora has flown over 50 times with Hope Air to access the medical care she needs.

Sun Life Financial is passionate about the health and wellbeing of diabetes patients in Canada—they generously support flights for Hope Air Clients travelling for diabetes treatment.

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Hope Air arranged 56 flights in its first year. In 2018, it arranged 11,509 flights.

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