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2024/25 Impact Report
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It takes a society

We’re proud to share the Canadian Cancer Society 2024/25 Impact Report, a celebration of the progress we made together to save and improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

Last year, thanks to the generosity of our donors, volunteers and partners, we increased our investment in our mission. We fuelled life-saving research and innovation programs, raised our collective voices to drive change on cancer-related issues and provided compassionate and practical support to people facing cancer and their loved ones.

With your support, we published a first-of-its-kind report on the cost of cancer in Canada and called on government to help reduce those costs. We funded much-needed research to improve survival and quality of life for people with metastatic cancers, the leading cause of cancer death. And we raised awareness about screening and pushed for improvements to screening programs across Canada to help find more cancers early, when they are easier to treat.

Together, we made important strides toward transforming the future of cancer. Every step was made possible because of you – our incredible community of supporters.

Thank you for your generosity and your unwavering commitment to making a lasting difference.

Andrea Seale

Andrea Seale
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Cancer Society  

Christopher Wein
Board Chair
Canadian Cancer Society

A snapshot of our impact

Together, we are helping the 2 in 5 people in Canada who will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. In 2024/25, an incredible 563,000 donors, 22,000 volunteers, and 141,000 event participants and organizations helped us to invest $124.2 million in our mission.

[Various images of advocates walking together appear on screen.] 

(0:02) Words on screen: In 2024, people came together to take on cancer like never before. 

[Various images of advocates networking and researchers collaborating appear on screen.] 

(0:08) Words on screen: Donors, volunteers, advocates and researchers united to drive change. 

[Various images of researchers in collaboration appear on screen.] 

(0:15) Words on screen: Unprecedented collaboration sparked innovation, discovery and impact. 

[Various images of researchers at a lab and a group of advocates collaborating appear on screen.] 

(0:21) Words on screen: With that wholehearted support, we invested $124 million dollars into life changing research, compassionate support programs and bold advocacy to drive progress. 

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(0:33) Words on screen: We challenged Canada's research community to boldly tackle cancer’s toughest questions, and they responded. 

[Images of a woman in a Wheels of Hope car appear on screen.] 

(0:41) Words on screen: We drove 5.7 million kilometres to get people to cancer treatment. 

[Image of a CCS Lodge common area with people enjoying the space appear on screen.] 

(0:47) Words on screen: We gave 76,000 nights of comfort in our lodges. 

[Images of a CCS staff talking and providing support to a person appear on screen.] 

(0:52) Words on screen: We brought trusted cancer information to people at every stage of their cancer experience. 

[Images of people holding image cards to create CCS’ Daffodil logo appear on screen.] 

(0:58) Words on screen: We pushed for change and won. 

[Images of CIBC Run for the Cure participants followed by images of Camp Goodtimes appear on screen.] 

(1:02) Words on screen: Screening expanded, costs reduced, job protection secured because cancer care should be accessible to all. 

[Various images of Camp Goodtimes and a group of people waving and smiling appear on screen.] 

(1:11) Words on screen: This is what hope looks like. It's progress made possible because of you. 

[Image with yellow background with the words ‘Thank you’ appear on screen.] 

(1:17) Words on screen: Thank you. 

(1:20) Words on screen: Learn more at cancer.ca 

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(1:23) CCS ITAS EN logo ends the video. 

 

$50.8M invested in cancer research and innovation
470 research projects supported
18.3M individuals supported with cancer information
76,000-night stays at CCS lodges
Achieved 67 significant health policy wins

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