25 Years of Making Home a Safe Place for Everyone
The Shelter Foundation has raised more than $51 million to-date and currently supports 200 local women’s shelters and national partners. Our agents donate a portion of their commissions, and Royal LePage offices across Canada host local fundraising events. Our brokers, agents and staff also volunteer and provide in-kind goods to benefit the women and children residing in their local shelters. Every dollar raised goes directly to helping the more than 50,000 women and children who are served each year by the shelters and support programs we fund.
About Our Cause
Violence against women and their children is a significant problem in all communities in Canada. We are proud to be working with women’s shelters and our national partners to provide safety and hope to women and children experiencing violence and abuse.
Research tells us the following:
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Violence against women happens in all cultures and religions, in all ethnic and racial communities, at every age, and in every income group
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Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 161
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Every year in Canada, an estimated 360,000 children witness family violence2
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On any given day in Canada, 3000 women (and their 2500 children) are living in an emergency shelter to escape family violence3
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On average, every six days in Canada a woman is murdered by her intimate partner.4
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Collectively, Canadians spend $7.4 billion each year to deal with the aftermath of spousal violence. This figure includes immediate costs such as emergency room visits, future costs such as loss of income, and intangible costs such as pain and suffering.5
Support for Women's Shelters
By supporting women’s shelters, we are ensuring that women and children have a safe place to go to escape domestic violence. With our national partners, we fund healthy relationship programs for youth and support programs that help women and children heal from their experiences of abuse and rebuild their lives.