All-terrain vehicles
ATVs cause more permanent disabilities and death than most other sport or recreational activities. Here are our safety tips for ATV operation.
Caregivers’ Guide to Fall Prevention
The Caregivers’ Guide to Fall Prevention, which you can download as a printable PDF, provides simple and practical information to help caregivers understand, prevent and manage falls. Falls are the No.1 cause of injury for seniors in Canada. Falls can lead to hospital stays and make it harder for seniors to live independently. As people get older, […]
Case study: The Halifax Walkshop
This walkshop took place on June 16, 2026 in Halifax as part of the joint conference co-hosted by Parachute with the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals and the Atlantic Collaborative on Injury Prevention. Two staff members from the Halifax Regional Municipality, Program Manager Elora Wilkinson, and Assistant Program Director Matthew MacEachern, led 40 participants […]
Multilingual concussion resources
Parachute has translated key concussion resources, updated in 2024 to reflect the Canadian Guideline on Concussion in Sport, 2nd Edition, into an additional seven languages most commonly used in Canada beyond English and French. The following resources have been translated: Languages available:
Vehicle-for-Hire Driver Training
Parachute’s Vehicle-for-Hire Training program has been certified by the City of Toronto for Vehicle-for-Hire drivers in that city as of October 2022. Course registration is now open.
Smoke alarms
How to install and maintain smoke alarms, and the types of alarms you can use.
Training
Parachute and our partners offer injury-training programs in areas such as concussion recognition and management, fall prevention, road safety and child safety.
Poison prevention collection
Find data and reports, training and guidelines, and public awareness resources, as well as information on public policy, incident reporting, poison centres and other organizations.
Data, reports and research
Understand the poisoning issue by exploring Canadian data that examine poisoning causes, rates, costs and responses.
Incident reporting, advisories and recalls
Find out where to report adverse reactions and concerns about products. Reporting helps identify potential safety issues, prompt regulatory actions and improve product safety for Canadians.