• Transport of organs and medical teams

    Since 1987, our transport units for organs and medical teams have traveled 2 027 764 km, the equivalent of 50 times the turn of the Earth !
     
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  • 497 people were transplanted to Quebec in 2018:

    451 people thanks to the generosity of deceased organ donors and their families

    46 people thanks to living donors
     
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You can give at any age!

According to statistics compiled by Transplant Quebec...

 

The oldest times giver was ... 92 years old

The oldest kidney donor had ... 85 years

The oldest donator donated ... 85 years

The oldest pancreas donor had ... 72 years

The oldest donor was ... 69 years old

The youngest donor ... 48 hours

Average waiting time (days) of transplant recipients by type or combination of organs, 2018

231 days (Heart)

265 days (Lungs)

199 days (Liver)

448 days (Kidney)

354 days (Pancreas and pancreatic islets)

436 days (Pancreas-kidney)

 

Individuals transplanted to Quebec, by type or combination of organs, from 2009 to 2018 *

 
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Heart
49
39
37
39
46
33
49
49
49
47
Lung (single and double)
32
34
27
33
52
42
57
51
52
55
Liver
105
89 96 89 125 109 106 99 117 98
Kidney (single and double)
209
177
209
187
265
244
284
275
286
241
Pancréas
4
3
2
3
2
4
2
1
0
0
Islet of the pancreas
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Pancreas-Kidney
15
16
11
9
10
7
4
5
3
4
Other combiners
7
2
2
4
3
3
4
2
1
4
 Total transplanted
418
360
384
364
503
442
507
480
510
451

 

Living donor rate per million population in Canada, 2018 (partial data)

Population (Estimate as of July 1, 2018) *

Canada
37 242 571
Québec
8 421 698
Ontario
14 411 424
Colombie-Britannique
5 016 322
Alberta
4 330 206
Maritimes
2 416 754
Manitoba
1 356 836
Saskatchewan
1 165 903

 

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Rate per million inhabitants / number of donors

Source:

* Statistics Canada, Demography Division

** Based on data provided by the organ donation agency in the province. Calculation of the rate carried out by Transplant Québec

*** Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)