Sponsorship changes lives by allowing individuals, couples, and families to find peace, security, and tranquility after a long and arduous journey. Some of these refugees were engineers, doctors, lawyers, teachers. Others were cooks, postal workers, secretaries, but none of them had voluntarily chosen to leave their country. Faced with war, political repression, or any other form of violence, these people left everything behind. In a neighboring country, they tried to survive despite the economic precariousness. The majority didn’t even have the minimum to live with dignity. Some of these people lived in hiding because their lives were in danger.

Unfortunately, a page is turning today. We are entering the final chapter of this JRS Canada program that has allowed us to reach out, to hear the suffering of all these people in search of safety, and to tell them: “I am here for you, my brother. You can count on me, my sister.”

Following the restructuring (for more details click here), JRS Canada is entering the final phase of its sponsorship program. We will no longer submit new applications to the government. However, we will honour our commitments to the refugees whose applications are currently being processed and whom we sponsor.

Please understand that we do not have the capacity to provide you with the names of organizations to turn to, and we will not respond to any email requests on this matter.

If you reside in Quebec and wish to sponsor refugees from abroad, the sponsorship program is currently closed. If you live in another province in Canada, you can search for a sponsorship agreement holder by clicking on the following link.