Canadian Geriatrics Society

Name

Canadian Geriatrics Society

Legal name

Canadian Geriatrics Society

Website

https://canadiangeriatrics.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Society and Geriatric Medicine Association

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Medical & Health Sciences Congresses (THAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Geriatric medicine education
• Medical society membership
• Peer-reviewed medical journals
• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare professional association

Headquarters

HQ city

Markham

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual and multi-year membership fees from healthcare professionals including physicians, residents, and students. Regular membership is $325/year + HST or $900/three years + HST; Resident associate membership is $50/year + HST; Student membership is free; Life Patron membership is free.
2. Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM): Revenue from registration fees for the Annual Scientific Meeting, a major national conference for geriatric medicine. Members receive reduced rates.
3. Journal Publication Fees: Reduced publishing fees for members submitting to the Canadian Geriatrics Journal.
4. Donations to the CGS Scholarship Foundation: The organization operates a registered charity accepting donations, with proceeds supporting medical student interest in geriatrics and a free scientific journal free of pharmaceutical input.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Canadian Geriatrics Society provides membership programs for healthcare professionals in geriatric medicine, produces two peer-reviewed journals (Canadian Geriatrics Journal and Canadian Geriatrics Society Journal of CME), hosts an Annual Scientific Meeting, and supports student and resident engagement through the National Geriatrics Interest Group (NGIG) and Resident Geriatrics Interest Groups (RGIG). It also develops educational resources such as the Geriatrics Resource Pocketbook and endorses clinical guidelines including deprescribing recommendations, while operating a registered charity (CGS Scholarship Foundation) that funds geriatrics education.

Product overview

The Canadian Geriatrics Society offers a portfolio of member-focused services and educational resources rather than a unified technology product. Its core offerings include two peer-reviewed journals (Canadian Geriatrics Journal and Canadian Geriatrics Society Journal of CME), an Annual Scientific Meeting conference, National Geriatrics Interest Group (NGIG) annual publications, a Geriatrics Resource Pocketbook for medical students, and evidence-based Deprescribing Guidelines. The society also provides tiered membership programs supporting healthcare professionals at various career stages in geriatric medicine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Canadian Geriatrics Journal: Peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research in aging, aimed at improving health outcomes for older adults.
• Canadian Geriatrics Society Journal of CME

Products and services

• Canadian Geriatrics Journal (CGJ) Peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal dedicated to research in aging and improving health outcomes for older adults, targeting family physicians and geriatric specialists. Members receive reduced publishing fees.
• Canadian Geriatrics Society Journal of CME Peer-reviewed journal providing continuing medical education articles for healthcare professionals in geriatric care, including topics such as the use of restraints and patient-led therapy.
• Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Annual in-person scientific conference held in Canadian cities, bringing together clinicians, educators, and researchers from across Canada to share knowledge and advances in geriatric medicine. Members receive reduced registration rates and access to presentations.
• CGS Membership Programs Tiered membership program for healthcare professionals in geriatric medicine. Tiers include Regular Membership ($325/year or $900/three years), Associate Resident Membership ($50/year), Student Membership (free with proof of enrollment), and Life Patron Membership (free for retired members). Members receive reduced ASM registration rates, reduced journal publishing fees, leadership and governance opportunities, mentorship, and monthly bulletins.
• Geriatrics Resource Pocketbook Pocketbook resource for medical students offering concise and clinically relevant information on key topics in geriatrics, developed by the National Geriatrics Interest Group in collaboration with geriatricians. Available for download from the CGS website.
• Deprescribing Guideline (Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing) Evidence-based clinical guideline endorsed by CGS to support clinician decision-making around continuing, stopping, or reducing medications such as statins in older adults. Includes free access to deprescribing algorithms, whiteboard videos, patient education materials, and plain language summaries.
• National Geriatrics Interest Group (NGIG) Annual Publications Annual publications created by medical students covering key topics in geriatrics, coordinated through NGIG chapters at the majority of Canadian medical schools. Available for download from the CGS website.

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2034The CGS and CAG are co-hosting the 2034 International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress in Toronto. This is a major strategic partnership bringing the global gerontology and geriatrics community to Canada, representing the most significant international event hosted by these Canadian organizations.
• deprescribing.orgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025The CGS endorsed the deprescribing.org Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing Guideline developed by an interdisciplinary team. The CGS is promoting widespread adoption of these tools and resources among clinicians, providing free access to deprescribing algorithms, whiteboard videos, patient education materials, and plain language summaries.
• Canadian Society of Long-Term Care MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Canadian Society of Long-Term Care Medicine co-endorsed the deprescribing.org Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing Guideline alongside the Canadian Geriatrics Society.
• National Geriatrics Interest Group (NGIG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe NGIG is a national, student-led organization championed by the CGS, dedicated to championing advocacy and education in the care of older adults. CGS supports NGIG's annual publications, student awards, and local Geriatrics Interest Groups at the majority of Canadian medical schools.
• Resident Geriatrics Interest Groups (RGIGs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCGS supports RGIGs — resident-led groups from across Canada in various specialties (family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, Care of the Elderly, Geriatric Medicine, and Geriatric Psychiatry) who are interested in Geriatrics. CGS's resident site facilitates networking, mentoring, and advocacy projects.
• Choosing Wisely CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCGS advocates, promotes and contributes to the development of national initiatives including Choosing Wisely Canada, a campaign to reduce unnecessary tests and treatments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG): The global umbrella body that organizes the World Congress which CGS is hosting in 2034; a federation of national member societies (including CGS) that sets international research and policy direction in gerontology and geriatrics.
• Canadian Medical Association (CMA): The overarching national professional association for Canadian physicians, offering membership, CME, a major journal, and policy advocacy that overlaps with CGS's mission but operates across all specialties rather than geriatrics specifically.
• Gerontological Society of America (GSA): The largest US-based interdisciplinary society for the science of aging, publishing two leading gerontology journals and hosting a major annual scientific meeting. Broader than CGS (covers all disciplines of aging) but the closest equivalent model in membership, journal, and conference.
• European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS): The pan-European member-society federation for national geriatrics societies; operates the European Geriatric Medicine journal and annual congress. Comparable in scope to a federation of which CGS is a member, though broader and supra-national.

Peers

• Choosing Wisely Canada — Deprescribing.org: An interdisciplinary team whose evidence-based statin deprescribing guideline CGS officially endorses. Operates as an adjacent enabling organization supporting CGS members' clinical decision-making rather than a competing society.

Direct peers

• American Geriatrics Society: The primary US national professional society for geriatricians and geriatrics healthcare professionals, providing the same membership, journal (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society), annual meeting, and clinical guideline advocacy structure as CGS — the closest direct international counterpart.
• British Geriatrics Society: UK professional society for geriatricians offering membership, the Age and Ageing journal, an annual scientific meeting, and clinical guideline leadership — operates an essentially identical professional-society model to CGS in another national market.
• Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG): CGS's co-host for the 2034 IAGG World Congress and Canada's parallel professional body focused on aging research and gerontology; together they form the dual-society structure for Canadian aging expertise (clinical + research).

Regional players

• Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM): National professional society for geriatricians across Australia and New Zealand, offering a directly comparable clinical-society model (membership, ASM, clinical guidelines) in a different geographic region than CGS.

Others

• Choosing Wisely Canada: National clinician-led campaign CGS actively contributes to and endorses; not a peer but a partner organization that intersects with CGS's clinical-guideline and deprescribing work and represents the broader quality-improvement ecosystem CGS operates in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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