Editing Organ donation (section)

===Canada===
In 2001, the Government of Canada announced the formation of the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation, whose purpose would be to advise the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health on activities relating to organ donation and transplantation. The deputy ministers of health for all provinces and territories with the exception of [[Québec]] decided to transfer the responsibilities of the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation to [[Canadian Blood Services]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/bdp-lop/bp/YM32-2-2018-13-eng.pdf|title = Organ Donation and Transplantation in Canada|last = Norris|first = Sonya |date=February 14, 2018 |access-date= September 30, 2019}}</ref>

In Québec, an organization called Transplant Québec is responsible for managing all organ donation; Héma-Québec is responsible for tissue donation.<ref>{{Cite web|url =https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/blood-tissue-and-organ-donation/organ-and-tissue-donation/| date = July 15, 2019 |access-date = November 26, 2019|title = Organ and tissue donation | website = Québec}}</ref> Consent for organ donation by an individual is given by either registering with the organ donation registry established by the {{Lang|fr|Chambre des notaires du Québec|italic=no}}, signing and affixing the sticker to the back of one's health insurance card, or registering with either {{Lang|fr|Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec|italic=no}} or {{Lang|fr|Registre des consentements au don d'organes et de tissus|italic=no}}.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.transplantquebec.ca/en/how-register|access-date = November 26, 2019|title= How to Register| website = Transplant Québec}}</ref>

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}} In 2017, the majority of transplants completed were kidney transplants.<ref name=BloodRpt/> Canadian Blood Services has a program called the kidney paired donation, where transplant candidates are matched with compatible living donors from all over Canada. It also gives individuals an opportunity to be a living donor for an anonymous patient waiting for a transplant. As of December 31, 2017, there were 4,333 patients on the transplant waitlist. In 2017, there were a total of 2,979 transplants, including multi-organ transplants; 242 patients died while on the waitlist. 250 Canadians die on average waiting for transplant organs every year.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://blood.ca/sites/default/files/10880-ENG-KPD_Brochure_2019-03-01.pdf|title = Kidney Paired Donation|date = March 1, 2019|access-date = September 30, 2019 |website=Canadian Blood Services}}</ref>

Each province has different methods and registries for intent to donate organs or tissues as a deceased donor. In some provinces, such as [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] and [[New Brunswick]] organ donation registration is completed by completing the "Intent to donate" section when applying or renewing one's provincial medical care.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/health/Hospital-Services/content/organ_donation.html| title = New Brunswick Organ & Tissue Donation Program | website = Government of New Brunswick | date = September 2015 | access-date = November 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.easternhealth.ca/Give.aspx?d=1&id=323&p=53|title = Organ Donation | website = Eastern Health Newfoundland and Labrador |access-date = September 30, 2019| date = April 18, 2017}}</ref> In [[Ontario]], one must be 16 years of age to register as an organ and tissue donor and register with [[ServiceOntario]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.ontario.ca/page/organ-and-tissue-donor-registration| access-date = November 26, 2019 | title = Organ and tissue donor registration | website = Province of Ontario | date = November 18, 2019}}</ref> [[Alberta]] requires that a person must be 18 years of age or older and register with the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://myhealth.alberta.ca/alberta/Pages/organ-and-tissue-donation-consent-to-donate.aspx| title = Organ and Tissue Donation in Alberta | date = March 28, 2019 |website = myhealthAlberta |access-date = November 26, 2019}}</ref>

====Opt-out donation in Canada====
[[Nova Scotia]], Canada, is the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce an automatic organ donation program unless residents opt out; what the province refers to as [[Informed consent|deemed consent]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/presumed-automatic-consent-organ-donation-1.5081272|title=Nova Scotia to become 1st in North America with presumed consent for organ donation|last=Gorman|first=Michael|date=April 2, 2019|website=CBC News|access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> The Human Organ and Tissue Act was introduced on April 2, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20190402003|title = Government Introduces Legislation to Increase Organ and Tissue Donation| date = April 2, 2019|access-date = November 26, 2019|website = Province of Nova Scotia}}</ref> With the legislation, all people who have been Nova Scotia residents for a minimum of 12 consecutive months, with appropriate decision-making capacity and are over 18 years of age are considered potential donors and will be automatically referred to donation programs if they are determined to be good candidates. In the case of persons under 18 years of age and people without appropriate decision-making capacity, they will only be considered as organ donors if their parent, guardian or decision-maker opts them into the program. The legislation took effect on January 18, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Changes to organ and tissue donation |date=June 30, 2020 |url=https://novascotia.ca/organ-and-tissue-donation-changes/ |publisher=Nova Scotia Health |access-date=29 November 2024}}</ref>