Positively changing Canada

SERVING CANADA’S COMMUNITIES

This year alone Big Brothers Big Sisters impacted over 40,000 youth in over 1,100 communities across Canada.

REPUTABLE AND ACCOUNTABLE

Providing life changing mentoring experiences since 1912, Big Brothers Big Sisters was named One of Financial Post’s Top 25 Charities in 2016.

IMPROVING SOCIETY

Every $1 invested in our programming returns between $18-$23 to society through taxes, higher incomes, volunteerism, and charitable donations.

VISION

All young people realize their full potential.

MISSION

Enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people.

STRUCTURE

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is a Federation comprised of 108 member agencies servicing more than 1,100 communities across the country.

ISSUE

Many children and youth in Medicine Hat struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives.

IMPACT

Facing prolonged adversity creates toxic stress in the brain that can negatively impact development.

SOLUTION

With the support of a mentor, these risks can be reduced or even avoided, and youth can reach their full potential.

OUR SOLUTION

Many children and youth in Medicine Hat struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives like detrimental living conditions, family violence, risk factors for mental health, school issues and identity challenges.

These circumstances have nothing to do with the value of who they are or who they can become, but because of these situations, children and youth risk not having the opportunity to live up to their full potential.

Even worse is the possibility of continuing cycles of poverty and crime or developing mental health issues.

This comes at a cost to the young person, and to society.

With the guidance and support of a mentor, these risks can be reduced or even avoided, and youth are reminded they can be anything they dream of being.

OUR IMPACT

Each Big Brother Big Sister agency provides direct service to children by matching volunteers and youths in quality mentoring relationships. Our agency staff members are experts at screening volunteers and matching them with a mentee having similar interests.

This year alone, Big Brothers Big Sisters impacted over 26,400 youth in over 1,100 communities across Canada. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Canada is a Federation comprised of 91 member agencies servicing more than 1,100 communities across the country. Together, we mobilize over 15,900 volunteers, who in turn mentor 26,400+ children and young people.

Our mentors contribute 1.2 MILLION VOLUNTEER HOURS EACH YEAR!

The national organization provides services and programs to our member agencies to assist them with their work with parents, mentees, and volunteers. Ranging from staff training workshops to our leading Child Safety Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada works diligently to ensure we have superior quality programming in all parts of the country.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is committed to being a leader in supporting and honoring the diversity and inclusivity of the people, organizations, and communities we serve. We strive to reach out to every young person, every mentor, every staff person and every volunteer, so that we may support, strengthen, benefit from, and contribute to the richness and complexity that is our community.