March of Dimes Canada started as a group of mothers banding together to help fight polio. Since 1951, March of Dimes Canada has worked to eradicate the threat of polio in Canada and provide support services to polio survivors through our Polio Canada program. 

Polio Canada celebrates the success we've had in moving towards a world without polio, while still acknowledging the work yet to be done. ​The program works with peer support groups nationwide to connect polio survivors, share information and resources to polio survivors, and try to shine a light on the post-polio syndrome that some of them live with. 

Polio Canada program participant​​

The program also provides education for those unfamiliar with polio and resources to caregivers helping those with post-polio syndrome.

Many Canadians believe that polio is merely a part of Canadian history – a forgotten disease. But for the thousands of Canadians living with the virus’ late effects in the form of post-polio syndrome, polio is a very real part of their lives.

There are approximately 31,000 Canadian polio survivors. Our Polio Canada® program, helps provide education and support to polio survivors, their loved ones, caregivers and healthcare professionals across the country.   

Surviving polio can be a lifetime struggle - click here to hear a first hand account of what it's like. Produced in partnership with March of Dimes Canada. 

   

Four things you probably didn't know about Polio:

Click here to find out more about polio​, including what is polio, how it is transmitted, what the symptoms are, and how to be protected from getting polio.