Give

Public funding through the regional health authority covers about 60 per cent of what it costs to run the house. Gifts cover the rest, and they are the reason a room here is free.

Pale tan oak leaves lie on a bed of darker fallen leaves.

Ways to give

Owen Sandhu, our director of development, answers every question himself: give@buroakhospice.ca.

  • Monthly

    $45 a month covers one resident’s meals for a week. Monthly gifts let us plan, and you can change or stop yours at any time.

    Start a monthly gift (opens in a new tab)
  • In memory

    A gift in someone’s name. We send a card to the family, without the amount, and add the name to the book in the front hall.

  • Leaves on the oak

    A brass leaf engraved with a name, hung on the bur oak in the front hall. $500, and the leaf stays as long as the house does.

    The oak in the front hall holds about three hundred leaves.

  • In your will

    A gift in your will costs nothing now and can be the largest gift you ever make. Owen Sandhu can talk it through with you or your lawyer, with no obligation: give@buroakhospice.ca.

  • Hike for Hospice

    Sunday, May 2, 2027. A five-kilometre walk along the Red River from the house and back, then soup in the garden. Register or sponsor a walker from March.

Where the money goes

From the 2025 audited statements.

71 per cent
Resident care: nursing, physicians, meals, medications, and the community team
12 per cent
The house and garden
6 per cent
Grief and volunteer programs
11 per cent
Fundraising and administration
Purple salvia in bloom beside a gravel path, with round cedars, a lawn, a hammock, and orange roses behind.
The lower garden. Gifts rebuilt it after the 2022 flood, and gifts keep it planted.

Receipts and registration

Bur Oak Hospice Inc. is a registered charity, number 89012 3456 RR0001. We send a tax receipt for any gift of $20 or more: by email within a day if you give online, by post within two weeks if you send a cheque.