Our strategy

For more than 70 years, Heart & Stroke has led the fight to beat heart disease and stroke. Together, they are a leading cause of death in Canada - every 5 minutes, heart disease and stroke and related conditions take a life.

We are committed to helping improve the lives of people at risk for and living with heart disease and stroke. To do this, we concentrate our energy and resources on priorities that make achieving our mission, reality.

Our focus allows us to drive-life saving medical breakthrough, to innovate and to be a catalyst for change - bringing together people with lived experience, volunteers, donors, health professionals, systems leaders, leading organizations, and others to tackle the most pressing issues related to our conditions. It also helps ensure we continue to foster a collaborative, caring work culture that supports its employees, our most valuable resource.

Together, we are paving the way to a healthier future.

Our critical priorities

• Transform the stroke system and care
• Prevent the surge of heart failure
• Improve cardiac arrest survival rate
• Champion congenital heart disease lifelong care
• Close the gaps in health equity
• Fight for healthier generations

We approach our work in every area with world-class research, advocacy for policy change and healthier environments, public awareness and education, and patient engagement and support.