Canadian Proclamations for World Mitochondrial Disease Week 2025 

In the lead-up to World Mitochondrial Disease Week (WMDW), MitoCanada reached out to municipalities across Canada, requesting their support in raising awareness for Canadians living with mitochondrial disease.

Thank you to our incredible community for helping us garner 21 municipalities/provinces in proclaiming September 15th-21st, 2025, Mitochondrial Disease Week!

  • City of Red Deer

  • Province of British Columbia
  • City of Kelowna
  • District of Oak Bay
  • City of Surrey
  • City of Victoria

  • City of Corner Brook

  • Town of Ajax
  • Town of Aurora
  • City of Barrie
  • City of Belleville
  • City of Brampton
  • Township of Clearview County
  • City of Cornwall
  • Town of Halton Hills
  • City of Markham
  • Town of Newmarket
  • City of Pickering
  • City of Quinte West
  • City of Greater Sudbury
  • City of Thunder Bay
  • City of Richmond Hill

Check out some photos of our mitoCommunity with our 2025 proclamations!

mitoAmbassador Alyson Maxwell and Mayor Ken Johnston of Red Deer with the World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
Courtney and Clyde with the Clearview County World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
mitoAmbassador Keith Meldrum and Mayor Dyas of Kelowna with the World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
mitoAmbassador Hazel Currie and Councillor Hazel Braithwaite of Oak Bay with the World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
mitoAmbassador Kailey and her daughter Sloane of Ajax pose with the Ajax World Mitochondrial Disease Week 2025 Proclamation
mitoScholar Jodi and her sister Erica pose with the Corner Brook Proclamation for World Mitochondrial Disease Week 2025
Hazel and Mayor Marianne Alto of Victoria with the Victoria World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
Mayor Paul Lefebvre of Greater Sudbury with the World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
mitoAmbassador Cindylynn and her two children pose with the Cornwall World Mitochondrial Disease Week Proclamation 2025
Cornwall Proclamation for World Mitochondrial Disease Week 2025