Join Flora's Walk and Help Improve Perinatal Mental Health
Care Across Canada
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*** New for Flora’s Walk 2025 — DONATION RECEIPTS will be able to be provided for all donations
To participate in Flora’s Walk, sign up as an individual or create a team at FlorasWalk.ca.
What is Flora’s Walk?
Flora’s Walk is Canada’s largest perinatal mental health fundraiser taking place in over 50 cities across Canada. The event culminates in May, World Maternal Mental Health Month, where, after months of fundraising and planning, walks and events are held in cities across Canada throughout the month of May to call attention to the need for improved perinatal mental health care.
Who was Flora?
Flora’s Walk is named about Canadian mother, Flora, who tragically lost her life in 2022 to undetected and undiagnosed and untreated postpartum psychosis. We honour Flora and all those who have lost their lives to perinatal mental illness and fight for those struggling to receive care.
Read about Flora’s Story HERE
The Impact of Flora’s Walk
Since 2022, over 100 organizations who have received funds through Flora’s Walk have provided free to low cost support groups and therapy across Canada.
Read a Summary of Flora’s Walk 2024 HERE
Read a Summary of Flora’s Walk 2023 HERE
Read a Summary of Flora’s Walk 2022 HERE
How Flora’s Walk Works:
To participate in Flora’s Walk, sign up and create your own fundraising page at FlorasWalk.ca.
Once you’ve signed up, we will reach out to you to decide which organization you will be fundraising for in your community.
Read our Frequently Asked Questions HERE
Breakdown of Funds:
The breakdown of funds for Flora’s Walk 2025 is as follows:
- 70% to organization providing perinatal mental health programming
- 30% to to support families in need & LWAB peer support programs
How an Organization is Approved for Funding:
We will send an application form to the organization you wish to fundraise for and once it has been approved, you can start sharing your fundraising page link with friends and family from now until May 31st, 2025.
We are accepting applications with the goal of:
- Increasing awareness of perinatal mental health;
- Creating and sustaining programming that is free or low cost;
- Providing training for professionals who support perinatal mental health;
- Reducing the risk of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in populations with a significant need.
Organizations involved in perinatal mental health work in Canada (charities, non-profits, private) can apply to raise funds for local perinatal mental health programming.
If you’re an organization that wishes to sign up and create a team, once you do so at FlorasWalk.ca, we will reach out to you with the application form to fill out.
Become a Walk Leader and/or Help Plan a Walk Event for May:
We will also ask you if you’d like to help or lead a Flora’s Walk event in your community. If so, we will put you in touch with your fellow community Flora’s Walk participants to work together to plan an event.
We are with you every step of the way. We hold bi-weekly drop in zoom meetings that go over everything from initial sign up to permits, to sponsors and walk event planning.
1-2 Walk Leaders per community will receive FREE enrolment in the Perinatal Mental Health Certificate Program thanks to our partnership with Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings.
Become a Sponsor
If you’d like to sponsor a Flora’s Walk in your community, Please register here
Sponsors will have their logo placed on our website and shared on social media (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn).
These are our sponsorship breakdowns:
Perinatal refers to the time period from conception to one year postpartum and beyond.
1 in 5 mothers and one in 10 fathers experience perinatal mental health challenges, including prenatal and/or postpartum depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, and psychosis.
Unfortunately, less than 15% of affected individuals in Canada receive treatment. Canada does not have a national perinatal mental health strategy and lags behind countries like the UK, Australia, and the US in providing quality and timely perinatal mental health care.
A survey revealed that 97% of health practitioners believe perinatal mental health care in Canada is insufficient.
Flora’s Walk was established by the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative, a nonprofit organization working to improve timely access to perinatal mental health services. It is Canada’s largest perinatal mental health fundraiser, with all funds remaining in Canada.
Please join us in raising funds and awareness for perinatal mental health care in Canada.
