Stories: Canadian Blood Services

‘Making a difference is something that a lot of people talk about wanting to do, but that was the first time I felt like I really did’

Richard Landry, a longtime blood donor, has also donated stem cells twice

Donovan McCoy rallied his hockey teammates to #BeAHero and join the stem cell registry

With support from Hockey Gives Blood and others, the Stewart family has rallied sports teams to help patients

Cord blood donors help fuel Dr. William Stanford’s research and bring hope to leukemia patients

Leslie Bangamba’s new documentary reveals her daughter’s fight for life after swallowing a battery

Fewer than one in ten people in Canada have O-negative blood, and their donations are crucial in emergencies

Alicia Souveny found her way to the national women’s para-hockey team after losing her leg in a freeway crash

The fine details and latest updates about blood and plasma donor eligibility may surprise you

Did you know that blood types are classified into different groups? And within each group, blood types can be further classified as rare or common. In this blog post, we will look at different blood types and see how common or rare they are in Canada.