Dying with Dignity Canada
Canada's national human-rights charity for end-of-life choice, care and support.
Canada
North America About the society.
Dying With Dignity Canada works to improve the quality of dying, protect end-of-life rights and help people across Canada avoid unwanted suffering. Its vision is that everyone can choose their good death.
Founded in 1980 and a registered charity since 1982, it supported the Carter v. Canada case that led to medical assistance in dying (MAID) becoming law in 2016. It continues to campaign on the rights still to be won: advance requests, access where mental illness is the only condition, and access in institutions that refuse MAID on religious grounds.
Its Support Team helps people understand their rights and find their way through a MAID request, including arranging independent witnesses, and its 280 volunteers and 12 local chapters bring education and advance care planning to communities across the country.
What they do
- AdvocacyProtecting and extending end-of-life rights.
- Personal supportHelp with rights and the MAID process.
- Advance care planningA free kit for planning ahead.
- EducationWebinars, guides and talks across Canada.
Where the law stands in Canada.
Federal law (MAiD) allows assisted dying for eligible adults.
- Status
- Legal (Federal)
- In force since
- 2016
- Member societies here
- 2
