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Welcome to St. John Ambulance Canada

First aid and CPR save lives.

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As Canada's standard for excellence in first aid and CPR services, we play an integral role in our society. We offer innovative programs and products, ensuring everyone in Canada receives the best quality training and expertise. 

Revenue generated from sales of first aid courses and supplies support St. John Ambulance volunteers in communities across the country. When you sign up for first aid training with St John Ambulance, you're supporting our network of volunteers across Canada.

Returning Portal Users!

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Launching a new website is exciting, but this means we have a few changes for our legacy portal users. 

If you had an online portal account with sja.ca, prior to May, 2021 please login as a NEW user and enter your email address so that we can send you a one-time use link. This will enable the new portal to link to your existing account. You will also be prompted to enter a new password and then login to activate your new portal account. 

Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to chat with us (bottom right corner) or contact us.

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ONLINE TRAINING

Health and Safety Courses
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Online training reduces your time away from work, has lower training costs, and you can learn at your own pace.  We offer a variety of courses online for your convenience.

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Shop all St. John Ambulance Canadian safety supplies, First Aid Kits, AEDs, and AED accessories.

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News

St. John Ambulance Canada: Digital Transformation in First Aid
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James Williamson, director of information systems and technology, and Shawn McLaren, chief learning officer, detail the digital transformation occurring at St. John Ambulance Canada.

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Emergency First Aid

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Emergency First Aid (EFA) courses provide instruction on how to handle an emergency in the first few minutes before an ambulance arrives. Most provinces require this level of first aid for workplaces...

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

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Receiving CPR in the first few minutes after collapsing can mean the difference between life and death. CPR courses cover responding to an emergency, choking, heart attacks, CPR, and AED use.

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Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace

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A one-day peer support-based course designed to address and promote mental health wellness and reduce stigma in the workplace.

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Business Accounts

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If you own or manage a workplace in Canada, First Aid isn’t an option for you; it’s the law. Most businesses know this; yet few understand exactly what they need to do to satisfy their requirements.

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Community Services

How We Help

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Caring for communities from coast-to-coast, St. John Ambulance Canada has more than 15,000 volunteers and coordinates one of the country's largest volunteer networks. Our volunteers contribute an astounding two million hours of volunteer time to communities of all sizes in all regions of Canada.

Our Proceeds

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St. John Ambulance Community Services are comprised of First Aid services at community gatherings, sporting and recreational events throughout the province. Revenue generated from sales of first aid courses and supplies supports St. John Ambulance volunteers in communities across the country via our Medical First Responder, Therapy Dog, and Youth programs. When you sign up for first aid training with St John Ambulance, you're supporting our network of volunteers across Canada!

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Medical First Responder (MFR)

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The MFR programs expand on the Standard First Aid programs offered by St. John Ambulance and cover advanced patient diagnostics, moving and transporting patients, oxygen administration, spinal...

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All Community Services

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Canadians have been volunteering with St. John Ambulance for over 130 years. There are more than 10,000 dedicated front-line St. John Ambulance volunteers across Canada, in every province and...

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With your support, St. John Ambulance can continue to serve our communities and expand our efforts to help save lives at work, home and play.