About Us

Many children and youth in Medicine Hat struggle with societal barriers and face adversities in their lives like detrimental living conditions, family violence, risk factors for mental health, school issues and identity challenges.

These circumstances have nothing to do with the value of who they are or who they can become, but because of these situations, children and youth risk not having the opportunity to live up to their full potential.

Even worse is the possibility of continuing cycles of poverty and crime or developing mental health issues.

This comes at a cost to the young person, and to society.

With the guidance and support of a mentor, these risks can be reduced or even avoided, and youth are reminded they can be anything they dream of being.

Each Big Brother Big Sister agency provides direct service to children by matching volunteers and youths in quality mentoring relationships. Our agency staff members are experts at screening volunteers and matching them with a mentee having similar interests.

This year alone, Big Brothers Big Sisters impacted over 26,400 youth in over 1,100 communities across Canada. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Canada is a Federation comprised of 91 member agencies servicing more than 1,100 communities across the country. Together, we mobilize over 15,900 volunteers, who in turn mentor 26,400+ children and young people.

Our mentors contribute 1.2 MILLION VOLUNTEER HOURS EACH YEAR!

The national organization provides services and programs to our member agencies to assist them with their work with parents, mentees, and volunteers. Ranging from staff training workshops to our leading Child Safety Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada works diligently to ensure we have superior quality programming in all parts of the country.