While the Petro‑Canada CareMakers Foundation is unable to provide financial assistance to individuals, there are a number of provincial organizations available to support you with resources and tools. Please see below, for one in your province, or alternatively call 211 to find an organization in your local area that may be able to offer you support:

• Alberta: Caregivers Alberta
• British Columbia: Family Caregivers of BC
• Manitoba: Canadian Virtual Hospice
• New Brunswick: Caregivers' Guide - Government of New Brunswick
• Northwest Territories: The NWT Caregivers Guide
• Nova Scotia: Caregivers Nova Scotia
• Ontario: Ontario Caregiver Organization
• Quebec: L’Appui pour les proches aidants
• Saskatchewan: The Saskatoon Caregiver Information and Support Centre

To us, a family caregiver is someone who provides unpaid support to a family member, friend or loved one who is experiencing a significant mental or physical health challenge. This support could be long-term, or episodic to address an acute health situation. Other terminology often used is care partner or carer.

As a registered charity, the Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation receives contributions from a wide variety of sources. The CareMakers Foundation received start-up funding and support from Suncor, the proud owner of Petro-Canada.

Our initial Board of Directors is made up of members from Petro-Canada, Suncor and external experts. We intend to add to this complement over time, to include greater diversity of experience, geographic representation, expertise and lived caregiver experience.

You can make a donation to the CareMakers Foundation through CanadaHelps, a registered charity dedicated to increasing charitable giving across Canada. Donate today.

We provide tax receipts through Canada Helps with a minimum donation of $20. If you cannot find your tax receipt in your inbox, please make sure to check your spam folder.

Yes, our Charitable Registration Number is 734663073 RR 0001

To learn more about corporate giving and partnership opportunities, please contact us by email info@caremakers.ca

Every CareMakers gift is an example of the programs we fund offered by registered charities to support Caregivers across Canada. Your donation will be used to provide resources, support and programs for thousands of family caregivers in Canada, where needed most, not necessarily to purchase the package shown.

Our support for caregivers will have several facets. We are committed to awareness building for the issues that family caregiver face and will work to raise funds to support organizations supporting caregivers. We will also convene diverse stakeholders in the sector, to promote collaboration and innovative new solutions, working with others to develop thought leadership, and new resources and tools. 

We accept applications from only registered Canadian charities.  Unfortunately, we can not accept applications from organizations outside Canada even if their work is focused on family caregiving.

We encourage applicants to read through the guidelines as we’ve provided detailed information about the grant – requirements, area of focus, timeline. We are unable to meet with applicants but are happy to respond to emails, if further clarification is required. Emails should be sent to info@caremakers.ca.

We are unable to accept applications after the portal closes. We encourage all applicants to submit their applications early to avoid any last-minute delays.

Applicants may apply for more than one grant stream, but they will only be awarded a grant under just one grant stream not both. We encourage you to apply for the grant that best suits your organizations need.

We welcome applications from past recipients of grants. All applications will be reviewed on its own merit.

We are unable to provide an exact timeline. Once you apply, the Foundation staff will screen and assess all applications and supporting documents provided. We will carry out a due diligence and may reach out to you for more information or to schedule an interview. If you have been selected to receive a grant, you will receive a notification via email.

We provide an update to all applicants after the review process is completed.

For technical issues, contact grants@benevity.com.

All applications are to be completed and submitted online via the online portal.

All our grants are awarded for a single year. We are unable to extend a grant award or consider it beyond the year of award. We encourage applicants to factor sustainability into their project.

We call for grant applications twice a year. The National Grant application portal opens in June for 6 weeks. The Local Grant application portal opens in September for 5 weeks. We receive applications during these windows only.

The National Grant application portal will close on July 14 at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time.

The Local Grant application portal will close on October 6 at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time.