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  Quilt Delivery Delays

 during ongoing Postal Strike

Although we normally hand deliver our quilts everywhere we have VQC branches across Canada, every week we must mail quilts to places that are outside our branches' delivery areas. So far this year, we have mailed over 1700 quilts. During this Canada Post strike there will be delivery delays in those places that can't be reached by our branch volunteers. We apologize for this situation that is beyond our control.

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Quilts delivered

Year Number
of quilts
Running
total
1999 16 16
2000 36 52
2001 458 510
2002 694 1,204
2003 930 2,134
2004 1,149 3,283
2005 1,604 4,887
2006 2,392 7,279
2007 2,724 10,003
2008 3,294 13,297
2009 3,760 17,057
2010 4,175 21,232
2011 4,910 26,140
2012 5,571 31,713
2013 4,989 36,702
2014 5,213 41,915
2015 5,968 47,883
2016 6,562 54,445
2017 6,966 61,411
2018 7,182 68,593
2019 7,754 76,347
2020 5,017 81,364
2021 5,899 87,263
2022 6,054 93,317
2023 7,233 100,550
2024* 5,820 106,370
*as of October 31, 2024

Quilt recipientVictoria's Quilts Canada (VQC) provides handmade quilts to people living with cancer in Canada. By providing these quilts, we hope to bring comfort to those dealing with cancer and let them know that they are not alone.

Our organization now comprises over 1,600 volunteers in 24 communities across Canada.   The quilts we provide are made by individual quilters who work independently or in groups in a team setting similar to the quilting bees of times past. Since 1999, we have delivered over 100,000 quilts to people living with cancer across the country.

Volunteer cutting pieces for a quiltThe work we do is generously supported by our corporate sponsors, who help by donating or discounting their products and services and by making financial grants and donations. Community groups and organizations also support our program through financial contributions to the Ottawa and other Branches. The major source of our funds, however, are donations from private individuals, who are often the recipients of our quilts, and their families and friends. As we do not have any paid staff, we rely solely on the generosity of these donors and our volunteers to carry out our mission.

The demand for quilts continues to rise steadily and we welcome new volunteers to help us meet that demand. You do not need to be an “expert” quilter or a sewer, as there are many other ways in which you can help. For more information, please visit our Volunteer page.

We value your feedback. If you’d like to send us a comment about your experience, please use the form on our Guestbook page. Thank you.

Completed quilts ready for distribution
Updated: November 25, 2024