St John Ambulance

Specialties

St. John ambulance Nova Scotia has been your partner in first aid since 1898. Each year we train over 50,000 Nova Scotians & provide free first aid to high school students. In addition to Standard and Emergency First Aid we offer a number of specialty courses including: Defensive Driving, Babysitting, Pet First Aid, Home Alone, Marine First Aid, Emergency Childcare, and more. We are a registered charity and all of our proceeds from our courses and First Aid kit sales support our community service programs such as our Therapy Dog program, Lifesmart, and our Volunteer Medical Responders. Thank you for your support!

Our mission: To enable Canadians to improve their health, safety and quality of life by providing training and community service.

History

Established in 1898.

In 1883 in Quebec City, the first Canadian branch of St. John Ambulance to teach first aid courses was established. Shortly thereafter courses were being offered in Kingston, Ontario. In the next 10 years, St. John Ambulance grew to be a national organization and in 1892 it had 12 branches teaching first aid from coast-​to-​coast. In those early years, alongside the continued growth in first aid training, St. John Ambulance also began a proud tradition of volunteer work in our communities. Soon the volunteers of St. John became a common and welcome sight in times of emergency in communities across the country.

In any disaster, human or natural, St. John Ambulance Canada volunteers are there to offer assistance, expertise, caring and compassion. Our tradition of coming to the aid of Canadian communities reaches back well over a century.

2013 marks St. John Ambulance’s 130^th Anniversary in Canada!