About the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) 

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is the national voice for quality hospice palliative care in Canada. We advance hospice palliative care across the country by providing education, raising awareness, influencing public policy, and collaborating with provincial hospice palliative care associations. 

Our Story 

CHPCA was formally established as a national charitable organization in November 1991, and we opened our first office in Ottawa in February 1994.  

Today, we are the national voice for hospice palliative care in Canada. Our goal is to make sure everyone in Canada has equitable access to quality palliative care for themselves and their family.  

We work closely with partners and other national organizations to promote education and training, support research, improve public awareness of hospice palliative care, and advocate for increased programs and services.  

Our Vision 

Everyone in Canada has equitable access to quality hospice palliative care.  

Our Mission 

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is the national voice for quality hospice palliative care in Canada by providing education, raising awareness, influencing public policy, and collaborating with provincial associations. 

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the territories where our team is located are the un-ceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People, the traditional un-ceded territory of the Huron-Wendat people, the Treaty Territory of the Fort William First Nation, signatories to the Robinson-Superior Treaty in 1850 and the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. 

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Meet the Team 

Meet the CHPCA office staff and Board of Directors. 

Meet our Partners 

Our partners include provincial and territorial associations, educational institutions, health coalitions and alliances, etc.  

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Get Involved

Learn more about different ways to get involved with CHPCA.

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Corporate Documents 

Read our Annual Reports, three-year strategic plan, and our bylaws. 

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