Canadian Blood Services

Volunteers for life

Whether you are supporting donors during their donation processor spreading awareness and recruiting new donors; you too are an integral part of Canada's lifeline. ​

We provide the training and tools to help you succeed and we are committed to ensuring you are fully prepared for your new assignment. That means:

• Giving you a meaningful and rewarding role that suits your skills and abilities
• Providing you with training specific to your role
• Giving you the support and tools you need to perform your tasks
• Providing a corporate insurance policy to protect you while you're volunteering on our behalf
• Giving you opportunities to provide input into new program development

Start your application process by clicking on the permanent locations section.

Listed are all of our permanent locations however we have many mobile units in surrounding communities. You should apply to the closest permanent location to you then include in your application what communit(ies) you wish to volunteer in.  

See what it's like to be a volunteer:

Together, with donors, recipients, employees, partners, and volunteers, we are Canada's lifeline.  Our role is to provide lifesaving products and services in transfusion and transplantation for Canadian patients, and to safeguard Canada's systems of life essentials in blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues.

We acknowledge that the work of Canadian Blood Services spans many Territories and Treaty areas across the country, and we are grateful for the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who have guided us in this important work. We recognize the land and waters that have inspired our work and offer gratitude to those Indigenous peoples on whose territory we work, live and play.

Canadian Blood Services’ supplemental privacy notice:

Canadian Blood Services uses the personal information you provided to Better Impact when you signed up for volunteering. Canadian Blood Services may also collect and use additional personal information such as shirt size, the volunteer role you are applying for, your reason for applying, availability, minimum age confirmation, and your date of birth (excluding birth year). We also maintain your training records.

Your personal information will be used solely for the purposes of screening, qualifying and scheduling you for volunteer activities with Canadian Blood Services.

Only Canadian Blood Services staff and service providers who need to know will have access to your personal information. Your personal information will only be retained for as long as  necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined above or Canadian Blood Services’ legal obligations, after which it will be securely destroyed.

For questions, please contact Canadian Blood Services’ volunteer program at 1-888-2-DONATE.

Click here to view Canadian Blood Services’ Web Privacy Statement  [https://www.blood.ca/sites/default/files/Web_Privacy_Statement_2020-09-09_EN.pdf] and Employee Personal Information Protection policy [https://connect.blood.ca/sites/intranet/files/POL013_v2.0.pdf].