Of the 2,936 organ transplants performed in Canada in 2022, 20 per cent were from living donors, according to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). That same year around 273 people died while waiting for an organ donation. 

Among transplants from living donors in 2022, just under half were unrelated to the recipient. Read the heartwarming story of how two women made living donations to strangers.