Canada's First Patient-Led Heart Failure Charity

Every Donation
Changes a Life.

No one should have to face heart failure alone. Your generosity helps HeartLife provide free education, patient support, advocacy and life-changing resources for people living with heart failure across Canada.

HeartLife

Proud Member & Partner Of

Global Heart Hub CHFA CCS Heart & Stroke
WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS

A heart failure diagnosis
can be overwhelming.

Your support helps HeartLife provide the education, resources, and community that patients and caregivers need to move forward with confidence.

Educate & empower

Helping patients better understand heart failure through trusted education, practical tools, webinars, and real-world guidance.

Support & guide

Find communities, connect with peers, and access resources that make living with heart failure feel a little less overwhelming.

Collaborate & advocate

We bring together patients, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to improve heart failure care across Canada.

WHY IT MATTERS

Heart failure is one of
Canada's most urgent and
overlooked health crises.

800,000

People in Canada are living with heart failure today.

100,000

Are newly diagnosed across the country each year.

30x

Higher death rates among adults 40-49 with heart failure vs. those without.

Source: HeartLife Foundation • Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada

WHAT WE DO

Everything we build is
connected to the heart.

Whether you're newly diagnosed or years into your journey, HeartLife surrounds you with education, support, advocacy, and a community that understands.

Community & support

Connect with people who understand your journey through peer support, discussion groups, and shared lived experience.

Education & Academy

Through the HeartLife Academy, webinars, and trusted resources, we help patients and caregivers navigate life with heart failure.

Research & advocacy

Patient-led research and national advocacy, from the Patient Charter to Bill S-204. Helping ensure patient voices influence research, policy, and the future of heart failure care.

Resources & toolkit

A Health Passport, journey maps, and practical toolkits to help you track your health and navigate the system with confidence.

HeartLife Women

Personalized, evidence-based resources and a supportive community ensuring Women's heart health is finally seen, heard, and cared for.

Health tracking

Tools to log symptoms, medications and how you feel, so you and your care team can spot what matters, sooner.

De la insuficiencia cardíaca a nuevos comienzos

Nuestro grupo de apoyo

La HeartLife Foundation es una organización benéfica impulsada por los pacientes cuya misión es transformar la calidad de vida de las personas que viven con enfermedades cardíacas involucrando, educando y empoderando a una comunidad global para crear soluciones duraderas y construir vidas más saludables. Únase a nuestro grupo cerrado de Facebook Help for Hearts para obtener apoyo y compartir ideas.

Mujeres de la vida del corazón

La HeartLife Foundation se enorgullece de apoyar al grupo de Facebook de mujeres canadienses con problemas médicos cardíacos. HeartLife se une a la misión de este grupo, liderado por nuestra campeona de HeartLife, Jackie, de inspirar y apoyar a las mujeres que viven con enfermedades cardíacas para que vivan con valentía y amen con valentía todos los días. Somos más fuertes juntos.