Camps
Six camp programs, from YMCA Camp Wanakita to Just the Dads Weekend, where children, youth and families get camp and physical activity in a fun, safe and supported environment.
See the campsHemophilia Ontario, est. 1956
An inherited bleeding disorder community, held together since 1956.
Hemophilia Ontario is the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Hemophilia Society: a volunteer driven, provincially incorporated charity connecting people with inherited bleeding disorders to camps, community days, education and direct support, across all of Ontario.
1956Founded in Ontario
6Camp programs for kids, youth and families
$1,000Financial assistance per affected member, each year
1-888-838-8846Toll-free line, staffed by a small team in Toronto
What brings people here
Six doors into one community
Community Days
Several community days each year, so people living with bleeding disorders can come together, get to know each other and support each other through shared experience.
See programsWomen With Bleeding Disorder Days
An annual day dedicated to women with bleeding disorders, including carriers of hemophilia, women living with von Willebrand Disease and women managing platelet function disorders.
See programsFinancial Assistance
Members who demonstrate need can receive up to $1,000 per affected member per year toward expenses in the care, treatment or prevention of a bleeding disorder.
How assistance worksMember Support and Services
A named manager, a published phone number and a form that a person answers. Support here starts with Sarah Levy and the member services team.
Meet the teamEducation
Webinars, educational resources and information on bleeding disorders, accessing care in Ontario and hemophilia treatment centres, kept on the organisation's live site.
Education on the live siteThe vision, in their words
A world free from the pain and suffering of inherited bleeding disorders.
The mission underneath it: to strive to improve the health and quality of life for all people with inherited bleeding disorders, and to find a cure.
News and events
The latest from the community
Staff Update from Hemophilia Ontario
Hemophilia Ontario shares that Luke Chasse will be leaving the organisation to pursue a new opportunity, and wishes him well in his next chapter.
Read on the live siteCelebrating Dr. Jerry Teitel
A legacy of care and leadership: congratulating Dr. Teitel on a remarkable career and decades of dedicated service to the bleeding disorders community.
Read on the live siteThe Missing Parts Are All of Me
A songwriter's story of living with hemophilia: an EP written and recorded in a basement, devoted entirely to what it means to live with a bleeding disorder.
Read on the live siteNext step
New to the community, or returning to it?
Start with the programs page for what runs near you, or write to the team directly. Every route below is answered by a person.