Founded in 1965, the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation is a mid-sized registered Canadian charity powered by a professional staff and network of over 500 volunteers. The Foundation is Canada's only health charity dedicated solely to helping people maintain and restore their bone and joint - or orthopaedic - health.
Orthopaedic medicine treats a variety of injuries and disorders in people of all ages including:
- joint destruction caused by arthritis
- fractures resulting from osteoporosis
- trauma resulting from accidents and sports injuries
- spinal deformities (e.g. scoliosis of the spine)
- inherited skeletal deformities (e.g. club feet)
- neuromuscular conditions (e.g. cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, para- and quadraplegia)
- bone disorders (e.g. avascular necrosis
The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation's mission is to achieve excellence in bone and joint health, mobility and function for all Canadians through the advancement of research, education, and care. The Foundation is dedicated to raising funds through public donations and allocating those funds to initiatives that will contribute to achieving its mission.
Keep Canadians on the move. Click here to learn how you can support lifelong bone and joint health through a donation to the Foundation.
