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Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank

Every drop counts: Giving Ontario’s vulnerable preterm infants a stronger start.
Portrait of a beautiful mother, holding her nursing baby

United by compassion, we provide nourishment and hope to infants in need.

The Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank was founded to offer hope, healing and health by supplying high-quality pasteurized donor human milk to hospitalized infants across Ontario who need it most.

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Become a donor
Your donation can help save the life of a baby in hospital.
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Using donor human milk
Discover how and why donor milk is important for hospitals.
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Our research
Making donor human milk safer through research and care.

By the numbers

52

hospitals across Ontario and the Atlantic provinces currently benefit from our donor milk.

8500+

prospective milk donors have been screened since 2013.

300

litres of donor human milk can be pasteurized by our team in a single week.

1,500+

low-birth-weight infants in Ontario could benefit from donor human milk each year.

50+

research papers published.

Milk Bank donor Tracy, with her baby, smiling at the camera
It fills my heart to know that my oversupply—this unexpected and beautiful gift—could possibly help other moms, babies and families across Canada.
Tracy milk donor
Milk Bank donor Tracy, with her baby, smiling at the camera