Ontario March of Dimes began as the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis, which funded research and provided medical and rehabilitation services to people with polio. As new vaccines reduced the threat from this disease, the organization expanded its services to include services to people with physical disabilities.
To commemorate the International Year of the Volunteer, in 2001 the Royal Canadian Mint issued a dime in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of Ontario March of Dimes.
OntarioMarch of Dimes is one of the largest charitable organizations in Ontario providing a wide range of programs and services to enhance the independence and community participation of people with physical disabilities.
Established in 1951, OntarioMarch of Dimes was instrumental in the Canada-wide fundraising effort to combat polio, a highly contagious, disabling, and sometimes fatal disease.
Conductive Education (R) Conductive Education(R), a groundbreaking national program of OntarioMarch of Dimes, is a learning system that merges elements of education and rehabilitation to assist people with motor disabilities to become more independent and self-confident.
March of Dimes is the name of several health charities in the United States and Canada.
In the United States the March of Dimes is a national voluntary health charity founded in 1938 by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to defeat the epidemic disease polio, which killed or paralyzed thousands of Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
Over the years, the name "March of Dimes" became synonymous with that of the charity and was officially adopted in 1979.
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