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Motto | Give blood. Give life. |
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Formation | 1998 |
Type | Non-profit |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Region served
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Quebec |
Official language
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French and English |
Key people
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Serge Maltais, President and CEO |
Parent organization
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Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services |
Budget
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CA$156 million |
Staff
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1300 |
Volunteers
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16000 |
Mission | Efficiently meet the needs of the Québec population for safe, optimal-quality blood and blood products, human tissues, cord blood, mother’s milk and cellular products; to develop and provide expertise and specialized, innovative services in the field of human biological products. |
Website | Official site |
Héma-Québec is a non-profit organization that manages the blood supply for the Canadian province of Quebec. It was created on March 26, 1998 as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency on recommendation of the Krever Commission.
A separate organization operates elsewhere in Canada: Canadian Blood Services.