TIRF's research & educational tools support the work of communities across Canada
Each year, thousands of parents, health care workers, teachers, employers, police services journalists and advocacy organizations download and use our products to support their efforts. They also contact us directly to request guidance and expertise to implement road safety initiatives. Our metrics speak for themselves.
Your donations and our work enables them to spend less time looking for answers and more time developing and implementing road safety strategies.
Personal Donations
We share a common goal to make sure everyone gets home safely every day. Your donation helps the Traffic Injury Research Foundation continue to develop and share the knowledge that saves – preventing injuries and loss of life on the roads, reducing related social, health and insurance costs, and safeguarding families and our workforce.
Online gifts can be made through credit card or PayPal. Donations can be a one-time donation or a monthly gift.
Corporate Donations
Donations from private companies, corporations, associations as well as government department and agencies support our work in promoting safe driving programs and practices. Working together we can reduce the number of deaths and injuries on our roads.
Through TIRF’s research, education programs, initiatives, and public awareness efforts with communities and employers, TIRF and your organization can help make sure everyone gets home safe at the end of every day.
2025 Donor-Funded Activity Highlights
- Shared the latest research and best practices about the effectiveness of exit tests for young drivers in graduated licensing programs in Canada and abroad to inform advocacy by driver educators responding to a proposal put forward by the government of British Columbia to eliminate exit tests for new drivers.
- Provided research evidence about the consequences of increasing speed limits to the Injury Prevention Centre in Alberta. This work helped to inform their response to a consultation about increasing speed limits put forward by the Alberta Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors.
- Summarized the latest research for Alberta Health Services about effective strategies to involve parents in strengthening graduated driver licensing for new, young drivers. This work helped guide the development of a new initiative for parents of teen drivers.
- Participated in a Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) consultation about e-bikes.
- Collaborated with Moto Canada to share ride-safe and other road safety educational materials across the motorcycle community, including riders, dealerships, manufacturers, local governments, and other stakeholders.
- Served as an expert to critically review research shared on a new United Kingdom website designed to tackle misinformation about graduated driver licensing programs, as well as provided expertise about Canadian GDL program practices.
- Delivered presentations on priority road safety issues for truck drivers and emerging issues at several chapters of the Fleet Safety Council across Ontario.
- Responded to 56 media requests tackling young drivers, automated speed enforcement, speeding, impaired driving, e-bikes and e-scooters, wildlife-vehicle collisions, winter tires, winter driving, distracted driving, bicyclists, My Safe Road Home Blogs, DIAD Seminars, aging drivers, aggressive driving, truck safety, graduated driver’s license and road safety.
- Served as an expert on the advisory Board of the EU TRUST project to guide effective implementation of traffic safety culture strategies leverage the power of cultural change in road safety.
- Served on the Board of Directors of the Canada Safety Council.
- Participated in an ongoing Canadian Road Safety Alliance hosted by Parachute with an emphasis on speeding and cyclists, and issues of vehicle size in collisions.
Project Sponsors
Every year TIRF conducts more than 30 projects with funding from governments, associations, industry and non-profits to protect the many people who rely on our roads every day for business, family and leisure activities.
Donors & Members
The Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) is funded by charitable donations and memberships as well as by project grants and contracts.
TIRF’s Road Safety Agenda
The overwhelming majority of deaths and injuries on our roads are preventable. Learn more about how TIRF works to improve road safety for all Canadians.
Donor-funded Educational Resources
Every year, donations to TIRF support charitable services that help translate research findings into more effective and efficient practices in the real world.
Donor Privileges List
Diamond to Bronze general donations are applied towards supporting a range of community-based charitable activities.
TIRF gratefully acknowledges the many concerned companies, associations and governments whose contributions in 2024 supported our efforts to reduce the losses that occur from road crashes.
We also acknowledge with gratitude the private, individual donations and memorial donations received from individuals across Canada.
Visit our Donor-funded educational resources page to access projects made possible by donations with resources available for free download.
For more information about how you can make a difference, contact TIRF at tirf@tirf.ca or toll-free 1-877-238-5235.
To make a donation by cheque, please make it payable to:
Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) • 171 Nepean Street, Suite 200 • Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2P 0B4
TIRF is a registered Canadian charity. Registered Charity No. 10813 5641 RR0001