Abbeyfield Canada

10/08/2026

https://seniorprotection.ca/canada-long-term-care-waitlists-senior-safety/

With over 100,000 Canadian seniors waiting for a public long-term care bed, the Abbeyfield model provides one solution. Small numbers of independent seniors live in our homes and welcome the friendly supportive atmosphere each provides. And did we mention cost? A bedroom with your own bathroom, 3 meals a day and the independence to come and go as you please for $2,500/month. While we have 20 homes across Canada, we need to acquire or build more. Contact us for more information.

Across Canada, more than 100,000 seniors are waiting for long-term care placement—often for years. While families wait, many seniors remain at home without 24/7 supervision, increasing the risk of falls and emergencies. This guide explains current LTC wait times by province and how seniors can sta...

10/02/2026

Abbeyfield Canada expects to create a fundraising walk in September 2027 to help support its houses across Canada. Invitees would be house residents, their family members and the broader seniors community where these houses exist. Let us know if you might participate and would like to volunteer as well!

10/01/2026

🎉 Today we celebrate older people everywhere! 💙🧡

For the stories, the laughter, the wisdom, the friendships—and for showing us that life is meant to be lived, shared and enjoyed at every age! 🥳

Happy International Day of Older Persons from Abbeyfield Canada! 🏡❤️

09/30/2026

Help Shape Abbeyfield’s National Voice—Join Our Governance Committee - https://mailchi.mp/85a4511b2801/help-shape-abbeyfields-national-voicejoin-our-governance-committee

09/26/2026

Do you know someone who might benefit from an Abbeyfield home in Australia?

Get in touch with Abbeyfield Australia or share this post with someone you think it might help.

Find out more here: https://www.abbeyfield.org.au/

At Abbeyfield we make time for our residents, and enhance their lives by bringing everyone together in homely and friendly house that have established great links within their community. Abbeyfield is more than a home, it’s a neighbourhood, a community, a family.

09/24/2026

🏡 Local Fundraising Makes a Difference! 🧡

Across Canada, Abbeyfield Houses find creative ways to bring their communities together while raising funds to support their local homes.
From lasagna dinners and bake sales to golf tournaments, community events and other local fundraisers, every event matters. The funds raised stay local and help Abbeyfield Houses meet their needs, support their homes and continue creating welcoming places where seniors can belong.

And fundraising is about more than dollars raised. Visibility is just as important. Every meal sold, poster shared, conversation started and community member welcomed helps more people discover Abbeyfield and understand what makes our model of shared living so special.

A big thank you to the staff, volunteers, residents, Boards, families, local businesses and community supporters who make these events possible. You are not only raising funds—you are building connections and keeping Abbeyfield visible in communities across Canada. 🇨🇦🏡

And congratulations to Abbeyfield Durham Senior Housing on selling 80 meals at their recent lasagna fundraiser! 👏🍝

Thank you all!

09/21/2026

Today is the International Day of Peace.

We’re pleased to share this message from our friends at Abbeyfield World Council.

At Abbeyfield, some of the things that matter most are also the simplest — sharing a meal, having a conversation, helping a neighbour, welcoming someone new, or just being there for one another.

These everyday moments build friendships and create that wonderful feeling of belonging.

Across Canada, we see this happening every day in our Abbeyfield communities. 💚

Peace really can begin close to home — with kindness, respect and caring for the people around us.

From all of us at Abbeyfield Canada, thank you to everyone who helps make our communities places where people feel welcome, connected and at home. 🏡

On the International Day of Peace, Abbeyfield World Council celebrates the everyday acts of kindness, respect and connection that help create more peaceful communities.

At Abbeyfield, we believe that peace begins with belonging and that home is more than a place to live. It is a place where people are welcomed, valued and supported to live independently; while sharing friendship, conversation and community with others.

Across the Abbeyfield family worldwide, our homes bring together privacy, group life and openness to the wider community. They are places where people can make new connections, feel safe and respected, and enjoy the dignity of being part of something larger than themselves.

Peace is not only found in major global agreements. It is also built around shared tables, in neighbourly conversations, through volunteering, and in the simple reassurance of knowing that someone cares.

Today, we celebrate all those who help make Abbeyfield communities vibrant, compassionate and inclusive: residents, volunteers, staff, trustees, supporters and friends. Together, we can continue to create communities where everyone has the opportunity to belong.

Find out more about what we do here: https://www.abbeyfieldworldcouncil.org/

09/17/2026

Abbeyfield Armstrong Spallumcheen Seniors Home enjoying the new autumn colours!

09/15/2026

Crokinole — a Canadian tradition around the table!

Did you know the earliest known and documented crokinole board dates back to 1876 in Sebastopol, Ontario, near Tavistock?

Woodworker Eckhardt Wettlaufer made the board as a fifth birthday gift for his son, Adam. From those early beginnings, crokinole became a favourite in communities across Ontario and eventually spread throughout Canada and beyond.

More than a century later, it’s still bringing people together — and that sounds a lot like Abbeyfield! 💚

At Abbeyfield, some of the best moments happen around the table: sharing a meal, telling stories, playing a game and enjoying a little friendly competition.

🏡 So, we have a question for our Abbeyfield Houses: Do you play crokinole?

If you have a crokinole board tucked away, bring it out and start a game! Better yet, send us a photo of your residents playing together so we can share some Abbeyfield crokinole fun from across Canada.

And we have to ask… who is the crokinole champion at your Abbeyfield? 🏆😊

09/11/2026

Congratulations Abbeyfield Caledon !

We won top pick for the CommunityVotes Caledon 2026: Best non profit awards!

Thank you for all of those who took the time to support us!