Cancer care is complex.
Finding the right path shouldn't be.
Wayfinder helps people navigate cancer today while building a better way to coordinate the information, services, resources and emerging opportunities that exist across the cancer journey.
Human navigation today./Better coordination for tomorrow.
Cancer care isn't one system from the patient's point of view.
A diagnosis can quickly lead to specialists, hospitals, community organizations, financial supports, rehabilitation services, clinical trials and constantly evolving treatment information.
Excellent resources exist.
The challenge is knowing what matters, what is available, and what to investigate next.
One person. Many separate systems, each with its own entry point.
- Clinical Care
- Community Support
- Practical & Financial Resources
- Clinical Trials
- Emerging Treatments
- Recovery & Survivorship
Wayfinder exists to help connect the pieces.
Real people. Real cancer journeys. Human support.
Wayfinder provides free navigation support to people affected by cancer.
We help patients and families understand what resources may be available, organize the questions they need answered, identify potential supports and find their way through an increasingly complex cancer ecosystem.
Every journey is different. Our role is to help people understand the path in front of them — and identify paths they may not yet know exist.
Wayfinder does not replace physicians or provide medical advice. We help people navigate information, resources and options to discuss with their care teams.
Helping one person at a time is teaching us how to help many more.
Every cancer journey reveals something about where navigation works, where it becomes difficult and where important information can become disconnected.
Those experiences are shaping what we're building next.
Building a patient-centred coordination layer for cancer care.
Wayfinder is developing a structured coordination engine designed to help identify and coordinate the information, services and opportunities relevant to an individual cancer journey.
Rather than creating another directory, portal or referral system, the goal is to help connect what already exists — and make it easier to determine what may matter for each person.
- Cancer type
- Stage
- Treatment history
- Biomarkers
- Location
- Personal needs
- Navigation intelligence
- Structured cancer knowledge
- Validated resources
- Matching & coordination
- Care & support services
- Community resources
- Financial supports
- Clinical trials
- Emerging treatments
- Next-step questions
Every pathway is reviewed with the people it concerns.
- Navigator
- Patient
- Care team
Technology can help organize complexity. Human judgment remains essential.
Built from real patient journeys.
- 01Navigate
Support people facing real cancer-care challenges.
- 02Learn
Identify recurring barriers, information gaps and navigation needs.
- 03Structure
Turn what we learn into validated resources, pathways and coordination logic.
- 04Improve
Make navigation faster, more comprehensive and more scalable.
From navigation service to cancer coordination infrastructure.
- Today
- Human cancer navigation
- Building
- Wayfinder coordination engine
- Next
- Coordination and decision support
- Future
- Scalable coordination across the cancer ecosystem
Built for where cancer care is going.
Ontario's Cancer Plan identifies stronger integration of cancer services, improved system navigation and digitally enabled care coordination among the priorities shaping the cancer system.
- Integrated Services
- System Navigation
- Digital Coordination
- Equitable Access
Wayfinder is being developed in response to these same system challenges — beginning with what we learn from people navigating cancer today.
We're building while we serve.
Wayfinder is early. We are supporting people navigating cancer today while developing the knowledge, workflows and technology required to make that support more comprehensive.
- Active
- Supporting real cancer journeys
- Building
- Structuring navigation knowledge and pathways
- Expanding
- Building relationships across cancer care, research and community support
As Wayfinder grows, we are building a measurement framework around patient needs, navigation barriers, connections made and opportunities for better coordination.
Built from lived experience.
Wayfinder was created by people who have lived cancer as patients, caregivers, family members and supporters. We know how quickly a diagnosis becomes a second job: the emotional weight, the decisions that arrive faster than answers, and the practical questions no one hands you a map for.
Wayfinder is an Ontario non-profit providing free navigation support to patients and families. We work alongside the healthcare system, not in place of it — helping people access the information and supports that exist outside the hospital so they can focus on their care.
- Cost
- Always free to patients
- Eligibility
- Ontario patients, families and caregivers
- Referral
- Not required
- Privacy
- Confidential and handled with care
Better cancer navigation will require collaboration.
Wayfinder is early, actively building, and working with real patient journeys. We aim to work alongside existing healthcare infrastructure rather than replace it.
- Healthcare organizations
- Cancer programs
- Researchers
- Community organizations
- Health-system leaders
- Innovation partners
Patient support requests are handled separately — request support here.
You don't have to navigate cancer alone.
If you or someone you care about is facing cancer and needs help understanding what support may be available, Wayfinder is here to help.