Canadian Red Cross
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| Charitable organization | |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Revenue | 360,946,000 CAD (2014) |
| Website | http://www.redcross.ca |
The Canadian Red Cross Society (French: Croix-Rouge canadienne) is a Canadian humanitarian charitable organization, and one of 190 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
The mission of the Canadian Red Cross is to improve the lives of vulnerable people in Canada and around the world. The Society trains volunteers in emergency response, disaster response, and disaster assistance, and provides injury prevention services such as outdoor activities safety and first aid training. The Society, through the international network of the Red Cross, helps the world’s vulnerable populations, including victims of armed conflicts and communities destroyed by disasters. The current Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Red Cross is Conrad Sauvé.
The Canadian Red Cross was established in the fall of 1896 as an affiliate of the British Red Cross Society (then known as the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War). Colonel Dr. George Ryerson, who had founded Canada's St. John Ambulance Association in 1895, spearheaded the organization's founding. The Canadian Red Cross Society Act (1909) legally established the Red Cross as the corporate body in Canada responsible for providing volunteer aid in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. It is a national society and a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation). The Canadian Red Cross had its centennial celebration in May 2009.
Mrs. Mary Alice Danner of Perth, Ontario donated a building at 237 Metcalfe Street to the Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society for blood donor services, which later became known as 'Red Cross House'. The building was donated in memory of Flight Sergeant William Dewey Hagyard R.C.A.F. who was missing in action February 11, 1942. The Ottawa branch of Blood Services Canada later relocated to Plymouth Street, in Ottawa
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