Giving Care: An approach to a better caregiving landscape in Canada

Senior Asian couple embracing in front of home

Giving Care: An approach to a better caregiving landscape in Canada is the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence’s first policy whitepaper. The report aims to ignite a public conversation on the state of caregiving and offer potential policy solutions to address the many challenges and systemic issues experienced by Canada’s 8+ million caregivers and care providers across the country.

Canada can be the greatest place in the world to give and receive care. CCCE is committed to working with caregivers, care providers, care recipients, researchers, policy makers and people with lived experience from coast to coast to coast toward a better future for all those who give care.

The whitepaper is the first in a series of actions planned by CCCE to rally support for policy creation to establish a coordinated approach to caregiving. Over the course of the coming year, CCCE intends to convene stakeholders across the country and host a national caregiving summit. This will lead to the development of a national caregiver strategy created in collaboration with organizational partners and people with lived experience from coast to coast to coast.

Read the report
Executive summary

Snapshot: Giving Care in Canada

Who provides care in Canada and what are some of the challenges they experience? See our infographic for a snapshot of the realities experienced by caregivers and care providers in Canada.

See infographic

Join our public conversation

Most of us will need care or give care at some point in our lives, and we want to draw attention to this reality by inviting you to join our social media campaign #CdnCaregiving.

Download one (or more) of the images below that connects with you the most and simply share on your Twitter feed. If you’d like to take it one step further, include your personal statement as to why Giving Care is important to you and your future. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #CdnCaregiving.

A blue graphic with four statements: I am a caregiver; I am a care provider; I access care; I support caregivers and care providers. An X appear next to the text "I am a caregiver."
A blue graphic with four statements: I am a caregiver; I am a care provider; I access care; I support caregivers and care providers. An X appear next to the text "I am a care provider."
A blue graphic with four statements: I am a caregiver; I am a care provider; I access care; I support caregivers and care providers. An X appear next to the text "I access care."
A blue graphic with four statements: I am a caregiver; I am a care provider; I access care; I support caregivers and care providers. An X appear next to the text "I support care providers."