Who We Are
Our Facilities
Our specialized facilities are designed to wrap families in support, offering physical proximity to care while relieving the heavy emotional and financial burdens of childhood cancer.
Whether you are looking for a place to connect with vital support programs or a warm “home-away-from-home” during treatment, our doors are open to guide your family through every stage.
Kids with Cancer Society House
The first of its kind in Canada — and the heart of everything we do.
For 17 years, KWCS House has been the place where families facing childhood cancer find more than programs and services. They find each other. Located steps from the hospital at 11135 84 Avenue NW, this is a space built entirely around one idea: that no family should have to navigate this alone.
9,000+
Visits in 2024. Families accessed counselling, day camps, community events, and more — in a space with a full kitchen, laundry, art room, and common areas designed for connection, not just waiting.
100%
Community funded. Every program, every snack, every service — completely free of charge. Always.
Made possible by people who believed in this community, KWCS House was built through the extraordinary generosity of the Dave Lede Family Charitable Foundation and the Alberta Lottery Fund’s Major Community Facilities Program.
KWCS House Usage Policy
Everything families need to know before visiting, in one document.
Papa Ken’s House
Named in loving memory of Ken Webb — a man who believed that no family should ever have to choose between being close to their child and having a roof over their head.
Papa Ken’s House is a free, welcoming home in Edmonton’s Ritchie neighbourhood, minutes from the University of Alberta Hospital. It exists so that distance and cost are never the reason a parent misses a single moment of their child’s treatment or recovery.
Comfortable, private, and completely free of charge — because when your child needs you close, nothing should stand in the way.
This haven was made possible by the generosity of Paddy Webb, the Dave Lede Family Charitable Foundation, Qualico, and the Alberta Government.
2025 Impact by the Numbers
271
Nights of comfort provided to those in need.
39
Families supported during treatment at the Stollery Children’s Hospital.
Zero
Cost to families, thanks to community investment.
Papa Ken’s House Policy
Booking, eligibility and house guidelines for staying families.
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