Canuck Place

Canuck Place Children's Hospice provides pediatric palliative care to children aged 0–19 with life-threatening illnesses, offering pain and symptom management, medical respite care, grief and bereavement counselling, art and education, music, play and recreation therapy, and end-of-life care at no cost to families. It operates two locations in British Columbia—Glen Brae Manor in Vancouver and Dave Lede House in Abbotsford—and describes itself as the only pediatric palliative care provider in BC and the Yukon.

In 1988, Vancouver nurse Brenda Eng had a vision to open the first children's hospice in North America. Inspired by Brenda's vision, others joined her cause. Betty Davies and Lois Youngson developed the original model of care, and George Jarvis was brought in to help rally the community together. Answering the call were The Vancouver Canucks Hockey Club, the Griffiths family, The Vancouver Sun, Variety – The Children's Charity, Loewen Group, and TELUS, as well as many additional public and private donors. The City of Vancouver joined the growing vision by leasing Glen Brae Manor, a 16,000 sq ft mansion, to Canuck Place for $1 per year for 50 years. The house was renovated and Canuck Place Children's Hospice opened its doors on November 30, 1995 to become the first free-standing hospice in North America—now recognized internationally as leaders in pediatric palliative care. The need for our services has grown exponentially over the years, and we now have two locations serving the province of BC—in Vancouver and Abbotsford.

A global leader in pediatric palliative care and the only pediatric palliative care provider in BC and the Yukon.

1. 1Canuck Place Children's Hospicecanuckplace.org
2. 2Leader in Pediatric Palliative Care for Families in BC and Yukoncanuckplace.org
3. 3Pediatric Palliative Care for Families in BC and Yukoncanuckplace.org
4. 4Give to Canuck Place - How to givecanuckplace.org
5. 5Canuck Placewikidata.org