Get informed about stem cell donation
Learn more about the donation process, understand important eligibility information, and find answers to stem cell FAQs.
Why join the stem cell registry?
Book your appointment.
How to save a life in 3 easy steps
Register online
Check your eligibility with a 2-minute health questionnaire and create your Canadian Blood Services account.
Once you’re registered, a free swab kit will be delivered to your address in 1-3 weeks.
Swab up
Show up
It can take a month or years to find a match. Make sure your health and contact information are up to date so we can reach you when the time comes to donate to a patient in need.
When you donate blood stem cells, it replaces a patient’s unhealthy stem cells and helps heal many illnesses affecting the blood and immune system.
By joining the Stem Cell Registry, you can feel good knowing that your simple act brings hope of a possible stem cell match to the nearly 1,000 people in Canada waiting for theirs.
Stem cell transplants can treat over 80 diseases and disorders, including:
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Join the stem cell registry and experience what you get when you give.
Feel lighter, brighter, better this winter by booking and attending a blood or plasma donation appointment or joining the Canadian Blood Services’ Stem Cell Registry between January 1 and March 31, 2026 — and you could enter for a chance to win round-trip tickets for two courtesy of Air Canada Foundation, to any Air Canada scheduled destination.*
You could enter for the chance to enter to win round-trip tickets for two
*No donation required. Draw closes March 31, 2026 at 11:59pm ET. Must be at least 17 years old to enter. Maximum 14 entries per person across all eligible activities. Prize: One (1) prize of two (2) economy class round-trip tickets for travel to any Air Canada scheduled destination worldwide, (ARV of CDN $9,200; includes Air Transportation Charges; excludes all taxes, fees and charges). Conditions apply. See full Draw rules for details.
could give someone a second chance.
YOUR STEM CELL DONATION
Robbie Faraday was in his first year of university when he met fellow first-year student Mackenzie Curran, a stem cell transplant recipient and cancer survivor.
After learning about her health experiences and the need for ethnic diversity within the stem cell registry, he thought about his own mixed ancestry and decided to take the next step.
“You don’t have to be anyone special. Anyone can have a massive impact on someone’s life just by getting swabbed and donating.”
Why Robbie donated
patients in Canada are waiting for a stem cell transplant — you could be someone's perfect match.
1,000
of patients must rely on a volunteer stem cell donor from a registry
75%
diseases and disorders can be treated with your stem cell donation.
80
See the powerful impact a stem cell donation makes.
Blood cancers
Sickle Cell disease
Immune system disorders
and more!
GIVE AND GET AWAY
