A not-for-profit charitable organization that operates independently from government to manage the national supply of blood products for all the provinces and territories (excluding Quebec)

• created through a memorandum of understanding between the federal, provincial, and territorial governments

Provides reliable access to safe, high-quality blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues

Activities include:

• Blood: collect, test and manufacture blood and blood products, including red blood cells, platelets and plasma
• Plasma: collect plasma from volunteer, unpaid donors in Canada to meet the transfusion needs of Canadian patients, but most is shipped to contract manufacturers who use a process called fractionation to create plasma protein products
• Stem cells: collect cord blood and manufacture stem cells through the cord blood bank as well as operate a robust national registry of potential adult stem cell donors and participate in an international network of donor registries
• Organs and tissues: manage a national transplant registry for interprovincial organ sharing and related programs for organ donation and transplantation (OTDT)

Burlington Donor Centre:

• Mon-Wed 1 pm-7 pm
• Thu 11 am-7 pm
• Fri-Sat 8 am-3 pm

For other clinic locations and hours, see website

Book appointment online or by calling