What CanWaCH does

CanWaCH (legally The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health) is a Canadian non-profit membership organization founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ottawa. It serves as the national membership body connecting, convening, and supporting Canadian organizations working in global health, gender equality, and the health and rights of women, children, and adolescents. The organization addresses sector fragmentation by providing coordination infrastructure, advocacy, and data resources to more than 400 member organizations including major NGOs such as Plan International Canada, CARE Canada, UNICEF Canada, Save the Children Canada, Canadian Red Cross, Oxfam Canada, and Grand Challenges Canada.

CanWaCH's core technology infrastructure consists of three open-access data platforms: the Project Explorer (an interactive repository of 13,181+ development and humanitarian initiatives across 158 countries with $15.5B CAD in combined funding), the Data Analytics Portal (aggregate visualization and downloadable datasets), and the Network Map (tracking Canadian organizations advancing gender equality domestically). Supporting programs include the annual CanWaCH Academy training event, the FuelHER sport-for-change initiative, the Pan-Canadian Women's Health Coalition, the Canadian Collaborative for Global Health research labs, and the annual Global Health Impact Report series (2020-2025). As of February 2025, CanWaCH also serves as the organizational host for the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises.

The organization operates a hybrid revenue model combining government grants — primarily from Global Affairs Canada under Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy and the 10-Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights — with membership fees from organizational members. Membership-based distribution provides access to data platforms, events, working groups, and networking opportunities. Additional initiatives include the 'Foreign Policy By Canadians' deliberative democracy exercise conducted with Stanford University's Center for Deliberative Democracy, the Canadian International Council, and Global Canada. The organization's reach spans 158 countries where Canadian global health projects operate, with 1.99 billion people reportedly reached by tracked projects.

Name

CanWaCH

Legal name

The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health

Website

https://canwach.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CanWaCH is a Canadian non-profit membership organization that connects 400+ organizations working in global health and gender equality. It operates open-access data platforms tracking 13,000+ projects across 158 countries, funded primarily through Global Affairs Canada and membership fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Global Health Partnership / International Development Coordination

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) Partnerships (HLAJAOAG), Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (MNCH) Programs (BPADAIAC)

Keywords

• Global health partnership
• Women and children's health
• Gender equality advocacy
• SRHR humanitarian programming
• International development coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Cobourg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: CanWaCH operates as a membership organization with fees for organizational members who gain access to networking, resources, events, and collaborative opportunities.
2. Government Funding: Funding from Global Affairs Canada to support initiatives such as the Canadian Collaborative for Global Health and other programming.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CanWaCH is a Canadian non-profit membership organization that connects, convenes, and supports Canadian organizations working in global health and gender equality, particularly for women, children, and adolescents. It operates open-access data platforms (Project Explorer, Data Analytics Portal) tracking Canadian global health investments, publishes annual Global Health Impact Reports, runs training events through CanWaCH Academy, and hosts collaborative initiatives including the Pan-Canadian Women's Health Coalition, the Canadian Collaborative for Global Health, FuelHER, and the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises.

Product overview

CanWaCH (Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health) is a non-profit membership organization, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of data platforms, publications, training programs, and collaborative initiatives focused on advancing global health and gender equality. The core data infrastructure consists of the Project Explorer and Data Analytics Portal, which together provide project-level data and aggregate visualization of Canadian global health investments across 158 countries. Supporting products include annual Global Health Impact Reports documenting sector performance, the CanWaCH Academy training program, and specialized initiatives such as FuelHER (sport-for-change), the Canadian Collaborative for Global Health (research labs), and the Pan-Canadian Women's Health Coalition. CanWaCH also hosts the IAWG partnership for reproductive health in humanitarian settings and maintains resource centers for policy, data methodology, and public engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CanWaCH Academy: Annual skills-based learning event for members to support resilience and strengthen capacity in a shifting world.
• FuelHER
• Pan-Canadian Women's Health Coalition
• Equal Futures Network
• Project Explorer
• Data Analytics Portal
• Global Health Impact Report

Products and services

• Project Explorer

Quantifiable outcome

• 187 SRHR projects funded across 56 countries from 2017-2020
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in CrisescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2025CanWaCH became the new organizational host for IAWG, the longest-standing and only global coalition focused specifically on sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings. This partnership provides CanWaCH members with stronger programming through access to best practices, new learning and collaboration opportunities with global SRHR experts, greater cohesion across humanitarian and development sectors, and expanded partnerships. Contact: [email protected]
• WickFestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlagship partnership through the FuelHER initiative - Canada's premier female hockey festival founded by Hayley Wickenheiser. The partnership connects young female athletes with global perspectives on sport, health and leadership through workshops, panels and interactive experiences at WickFest events.
• Canadian International Council (CIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative 'Foreign Policy By Canadians' - Canada's largest-ever deliberative democracy exercise. CanWaCH partnered with CIC and Global Canada to engage citizens in foreign policy discussions, including global health priorities.
• Global CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative 'Foreign Policy By Canadians' along with Canadian International Council. Partnership focused on deliberative democracy and citizen engagement in Canada's global engagement policy.
• Equal Futures NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn initiative of CanWaCH that connects national, regional, community and grassroots organizations committed to advancing gender equality in Canada. Provides a platform for diverse partnerships and collaboration in achieving gender equality and empowerment domestically.
• Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for the Foreign Policy By Canadians initiative, providing methodology and expertise in Deliberative Polling research.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• InterAction: The largest alliance of US-based international development and humanitarian NGOs, with a membership-based convening and advocacy model. Functions as CanWaCH's US analogue — comparable coalition structure but serves a different national NGO ecosystem.
• Bond (UK network for international development): A UK membership organization for NGOs working in international development. Structurally near-identical to CanWaCH — membership-based, advocacy and convening focused, sector data and policy work — but operating in a different national context.

Broad incumbents

• Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: A large-scale global health partnership that convenes governments, NGOs, and private sector for immunization. Operates at far greater scale than CanWaCH but is comparable in model — public-private partnership convening stakeholders around a specific global health agenda.
• Global Financing Facility (GFF): A World Bank-hosted global partnership financing reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health. Comparable in mission alignment with CanWaCH and operates in the same Canadian-funded $1.4B commitment space, but at a much larger financial scale.

Direct peers

• Women Deliver: A global advocacy and partnership organization focused on gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women, with a strong convening role, conferences, and member network — directly comparable to CanWaCH's women-and-girls health mandate.
• Global Health Council: A US-based membership organization that convenes global health stakeholders for advocacy, knowledge sharing, and policy engagement. Closely matches CanWaCH's role as a cross-sectoral global health convener with member services and policy influence.
• Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH): The most direct global peer — a multi-stakeholder partnership hosted by WHO focused on women's, children's, and adolescents' health. PMNCH operates with a similar convening, advocacy, and knowledge-brokering model across a global membership base, mirroring CanWaCH's core mission and architecture.
• CORE Group: A global community of practice for NGOs working in international health and development, with a strong focus on community health, knowledge sharing, and collaborative programming — comparable to CanWaCH's Academy and working group structure.
• Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC): Canada's national coalition of international development and humanitarian organizations. The closest Canadian analogue to CanWaCH in mission, although CanWaCH is more narrowly focused on global health and gender equality, while CCIC covers the full international development sector.

Emerging players

• White Ribbon Alliance: A global coalition advocating for reproductive, maternal, and newborn health and rights. Overlaps strongly with CanWaCH's SRHR focus area and IAWG-hosted mandate, with a similar advocacy-and-membership model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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