MitoCanada is celebrating 15 years of fuelling hope, empowering families, and driving research for mitochondrial disease.

Join us for our 15 for 15 campaign—a fun and meaningful way to raise funds and awareness and make a lasting impact!

How It Works

In celebration of our 15-year anniversary, we’re inviting our community to give or move by making a donation or taking on a fitness challenge inspired by the number 15, all in support of Canadians affected by mitochondrial disease.

Your donation fuels education, research, and support for the MitoCommunity.

✔️Donate $15, $150, or $1,500 to honour 15 years of progress.

✔️Become a Monthly Donor: Give $15 a Month for Lasting Impact!

✔️Set a fitness goal challenge inspired by 15 and rally support! Encourage your network to sponsor you by making a $15 donation to your fundraising page!

Give4Mito - Give a one-time donation!

Your $15 helps support the creation of a Faces of Mito story, inspiring action and raising awareness.

Your $150 connects a mito family to a peer support mentor trained to provide emotional support and guidance.

Your $250 provides access to an adapted bike for a child with mobility challenges, boosting their independence and confidence.

Your $500 supports a post-secondary scholarship, helping young adults living with mito achieve their education goals.

Your $1,500 helps expand our patient registry, driving critical research and clinical trial opportunities for Canadians impacted by mito.

Become a monthly donor, give $15 a month for lasting impact!

For just $15 a month, you can provide sustained support to families navigating life with mitochondrial disease.

Your monthly gift ensures:

  • Ongoing peer support for mito families across Canada
  • New educational resources to help patients, parents and caregivers understand and manage mito
  • Consistent funding for research initiatives, driving advancements in diagnosis and treatment.

Join our community of monthly donors today and be part of MitoCanada’s future!

Set your challenge and Move4Mito!

Set a fitness goal inspired by 15, rally support and Move4Mito!

✔️ Run or cycle 15 km – Push your limits while raising funds for mito families.
✔️ Walk 150, 1,500, or 15,000 steps – Step up for mito and raise awareness, one step at a time.
✔️ Create your challenge – 15 minutes of yoga, 15 laps in the pool—whatever moves you!

How to Get Started

  1. Sign-up & set your goal – Create a personal or team fundraising page
  2. Share your challenge – Post on social media, invite friends and inspire donations.
  3. Fundraise – Every dollar raised supports mito research, education, and support programs!

  4. When you sign up for this mito challenge, we’ll send you a special swag pack that includes a MitoCanada buff, a mito-themed greeting card, and a MitoCanada pen—our way of saying thank you for moving with us!

Support our challenge, make a donation!

Want to cheer on our incredible Move4Mito participants? Check out the inspiring challenges happening across the country—each one powered by passion, purpose, and the number 15!

Whether it’s 15 days of movement, 15 kilometres of biking, or 15 minutes of yoga, every effort is helping to raise awareness and support for Canadians living with mitochondrial disease.

  1. Browse the challenges
  2. Select the individual(s) you’d like to support to help them reach their goals—and fuel critical programs, resources, and hope.

Every move makes a difference. Every gift powers our mission.

Why Join?

  1. Raise awareness – Help shine a light on mitochondrial disease.
  2. Support mito families – Every dollar fuels hope and resources for those affected.
  3. Be part of a movement – Celebrate 15 years of progress and be part of the future!

Join the 15 for 15 movement today and energize lives together!