Canadian Blood Services

Canadian patients depend on us to manage a safe, secure and cost-effective blood system. We bring quality to every aspect of our work - from collecting, testing and manufacturing blood, blood components and stem cells to knowledge creation and dissemination to conducting ground-breaking research.

Our role also includes providing the following unique services to Canadians:

• Operating the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network
• Building and operating Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank
• Leading national practices, professional education, public awareness and system performance activities for organ and tissue donation and transplantation
• Managing national patient registries for organ donation and transplantation
• Bulk purchasing of pharmaceutical plasma protein products
• Providing diagnostic laboratory testing services in some provinces
• Conducting leading-edge research and advancing practice in transfusion and transplantation medicine nationally and internationally