About
Volunteer Canada

Volunteer Canada’s Mission is to advance volunteerism to grow connection, community and belonging. Since 1977, Volunteer Canada has acted as the national voice and leadership body for volunteerism. A registered charity with over 1,100 organizational members, Volunteer Canada works with a diversity of corporate, charity, nonprofit, and education partners nationwide to strengthen the quality, quantity, and accessibility of volunteering. We are the sector’s backbone organization for volunteerism providing leadership, expertise, standards of practice and resources for the public, private, and charitable sectors.

Vision

The value of one, the power of many.

Mission

We advance volunteerism to grow connection, community, and belonging.

Values

Volunteer Canada acts with integrity and is socially just, collaborative, courageous, and results-focused.

Volunteer Canada’s 2023-2026 Strategic Plan

We’re pleased to announce Volunteer Canada’s Strategic Plan: Meeting the Moment. With this new plan, we hope to elevate and develop the investments, methods, and pathways to build and enhance accessible movements of volunteerism and participation.

Who we work with

What we do

  • Provide leadership and expertise on volunteerism.
  • Promote and facilitate volunteer engagement.
  • Convene, connect, and collaborate with all sectors

Download the 2023-2026 Strategic Plan

Annual Reports

Our annual reports speak to the successes we’ve experienced in driving our mission.

Territory Acknowledgement

At Volunteer Canada, we recognize and acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples as the original stewards of the lands on which we live, work and volunteer. We humbly express our gratitude for their longstanding presence and enduring connections to this land.  

We understand that our physical head office is located on the unceded and unsurrendered Anishianbewaki and Algonquin territory, along the banks of the Ottawa River, and we recognize the role the Algonquin Peoples play as traditional waterkeepers and defenders of the river and the land.  

Volunteer Canada recognizes this as part of reaffirming our commitment and responsibility to improving relationships between nations, as well as our own understanding of local Indigenous Peoples and their cultures.  

From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all the Inuit, Métis and First Nations Peoples.  

As we move forward, we recognize the collective responsibility we hold in promoting truth, understanding and positive change. We encourage all Canadians to join us in this journey of reconciliation as we work toward building a more just, equitable and inclusive society for all.

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