Hope Air

Medical Travel Assistance

Fund life-saving medical travel. Your gift will be DOUBLED*!

Millions of Canadians living far from specialized care are left out of our healthcare system. Hope Air provides free travel supports, ensuring everyone gets the care they need.

Last year, Hope Air travel arrangements soared to 24,988, increasing 144% over the previous year. In just the first 6 months of 2024, we delivered 25,000 travel arrangements—surpassing our total program and service delivery for ALL of 2023.

So far, every eligible travel request has been met, but immediate challenges persist in supporting patients where demand is highest and as the need continue to grow.

Your donation goes beyond immediate help, it builds stronger communities, reduces poverty, and improves health for everyone, from coast to coast.

To see our impact across the country and in your community, use our searchable map.
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Better Health. Reduced Poverty. Stronger Communities.

Better Health

Reed and his mother Courtney, Calgary, AB

Reed was born with half a heart. Courtney, his mom, first learned about Reed’s diagnosis before he was born.

“The doctors told me that without the surgery, Reed wouldn’t live to be ten days old. At first, it didn’t even register that I would need to travel to Edmonton. I just knew that whatever he needed, I was willing to do.”

At five days old, Reed had his first open-heart surgery. Thankfully, after travelling for several additional heart surgeries, Reed has now turned a corner and is feeling much better.

Reduced Poverty

River and her mother Brooklynn, Robson, BC

At only one week old, River was airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, over 600 km from home.

River underwent surgery and at three weeks old completed her first round of chemo followed by countless blood and platelet transfusions.

Without Hope Air, the challenge of frequent future travel for River’s ongoing treatment was dauting.

“It saved my child’s life. Thank you, Hope Air, for getting us to our appointments throughout the years.”

Stronger Communities

Noah and his parents, Timmins, ON

“My two-year-old son Noah has has a life-threatening condition called Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease. It’s a rare genetic disease and Noah will require multiple organ transplants throughout his life.

Our local hospital in Timmins doesn’t have the expertise to meet Noah’s health needs, so he needs to go to SickKids (The Hospital for Sick Children—a trip that can take up to 10 hours.) in Toronto every few months.

Thank to Hope Air we can access the care Noah needs without uprooting our lives and moving away from home and family.”
*All gifts received by December 2024, midnight EST will be matched up to $200,000.

We acknowledge that we live and work on the unceded, traditional territories of many Indigenous peoples. We are grateful for the privilege of being on lands that these peoples have nurtured since time immemorial.