Starting in 2025, BC Transplant is partnering with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on a new initiative to help grow organ donation registrations in British Columbia.
In 2021, the Canadian House of Commons and Senate passed Bill C-210 (43-2): An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ and tissue donors) to support organ and tissue donation and transplantation across Canada. The legislation granted the CRA authority to collect and share with provincial jurisdictions the email addresses of Canadians interested in learning more about organ and tissue donation and transplantation, and donor registration.
Beginning with the 2024 tax filing year, with tax returns completed from January to April 2025, the CRA secured consent from British Columbia taxpayers for their name, email addresses and postal codes to be shared with BC Transplant. In fall 2025, BC Transplant started emailing interested taxpayers directly with information about organ and tissue donation and transplantation and how to register as a donor.
Taxpayers are not consenting and/or registering to become an organ donor at the time of this authorization and are only authorizing the disclosure of limited personal information to BC Transplant for a one-time email.
In the first year, a million British Columbians said yes to learning more about organ donation on their tax return forms!
This initiative will continue for subsequent tax years. Here is what is on the tax forms:
Consent to share contact information – Organ and tissue donor registry
I authorize the CRA to provide my full name, email address and postal code to BC Transplant so that it may contact or send information to me by email about organ and tissue donation. For more information about organ and tissue donation in British Columbia and Canada, go to
Canada.ca/organ-tissue-donation.
[ ] YES
[ ] NO
Note: You are not consenting to organ and tissue donation when you authorize the CRA to share your contact information with BC Transplant. Your authorization is only valid in the tax year during which you are filing this tax return. Your information will be collected and used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (British Columbia).
You can also register your decision on organ donation right now by going to our
Organ Donor Registry. It takes just two minutes and all you need is your Personal Health Number.
If you would like to help share the message about the importance of registering as an organ donor, we have many resources available. We are here to support school, workplace, and community campaigns.
Please visit this page to learn more.
