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Who we are

We’re seniors deeply alarmed by the climate crisis.

One in four Canadians are seniors. We have outsized political, economic, and social power. And we vote!

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A smiling older man in glasses and a plaid shirt, with a name tag, sits at a welcome table with leaflets.
Seniors for Climate members, Toronto, Ont.

Vision and mission

Our vision

A world beyond fossil fuels: safe, just, and liveable for all.

Our mission

Our purpose is to build a Canada-wide community of seniors to create a liveable future. We have a major role to play and we have motive, commitment, and opportunity.

Our objective is to engage 100,000 seniors in actively achieving our vision through personal actions and successful demands for effective government policies.

Our main messages

  • It’s time to break through the climate silence.
  • The climate crisis is here. We need to act now! Later is too late!
  • We must phase out the use of fossil fuels.
  • Action on climate must be intergenerational and intersectional: joining with youth, Indigenous peoples, and marginalized and equity-seeking people and communities.
  • We need to speed up the transition to renewable power and clean energy.

Our action plan

Seniors for Climate is taking bold action. We are organizing campaigns and days of action across Canada. Seniors for Climate is continuing to organize the largest mobilizations of seniors in our country’s history, sending a message that cannot be ignored.

  • Five seniors talk around a table, under a line of hand-painted cloth flags.
    Seniors for Climate members, South Okanagan, B.C.
  • Laughing seniors in matching Seniors for Climate T-shirts walk together down a downtown street.
History of action

  1. Environment Week 2026

    Seniors for Climate organized a Canada-wide Week of Action during Environment Week, from June 1 to 7, 2026, with community events designed to break through the climate silence.

    Seniors for Climate hosted community climate cafés, neighbourhood walk-and-talks, open mic storytelling, music events, intergenerational discussions and seniors climate town halls.

  2. Draw the Line, 2025

    On September 20, 2025, over 80 centres across Canada were part of the Draw the Line national action. Over 16,000 people participated in a variety of events. There was strong media coverage with close to 200 news stories.

  3. 2025: a year of ‘senior power’ in action

    • A webinar and workshop on affordability and climate change
    • Zoom launch of the Later Is Too Late documentary produced by Nancy Nicol and Seniors for Climate
    • April Earth Day actions across Canada in collaboration with other local groups
    • Powerful live webinar with John Vaillant, bestselling author of Fire Weather on September 9th
    • Seniors for Climate was one of the lead partners in the national Draw the Line action on September 20th
    • Fall program of email updates, workshops, and letters to the Prime Minister, Cabinet members and Members of Parliament

  4. 2024: It’s more than a film. It’s a wake-up call.

    Later Is Too Late, Seniors for Climate’s inaugural documentary, captures the energy and impact of our first-ever National Seniors’ Day of Climate Action on October 1, 2024.

    Watch the 60-minute version of the film (Vimeo)

Webinars

  • Katharine Hayhoe on breaking through the climate silence

    September 9, 2026. 1 hour 17 minutes, on YouTube.

    The strongest predictor of climate action is not how much people know, how worried they are, or which party they support. It’s whether they talk about climate change. We must break through this climate silence.

  • Bill McKibben on the clean energy revolution

    April 8, 2026. 1 hour 29 minutes, on YouTube.

    The webinar highlighted the urgent need to raise our voices, and build a stronger, more effective climate movement together. McKibben explored why renewable energy is now poised to transform the world.

  • John Vaillant: Fire Weather

    September 9, 2025. 36 minutes, on YouTube.

    You can view the powerful keynote address given by award-winning author and journalist John Vaillant at the Fire Weather webinar on September 9, 2025.

Our allies

The Seniors for Climate project consists of six climate organizations led by seniors.

Sponsors

The sponsors are combining their resources to ensure the success of ongoing senior-led climate organizing.

Endorsers

Endorsers are supporting the Seniors for Climate project in a variety of ways: the sharing of resources, the promotion and amplification of our project on their social media platforms, planning and organizing local actions, donations when possible and more.

They include:

  • Health: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE)
  • Nature: David Suzuki Foundation, Nature Canada, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Canadian Wildlife Federation, Ontario Nature
  • Retirees and unions: Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC), CUPE Ontario, OPSEU/SEFPO Retired Members Division, Elementary Teachers of Toronto
  • Seniors and grandparents: Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN), Greys for Green, Stepping Stone Senior Centre, Mothers at the Front (Mères au front)
  • Local climate groups: Calgary Climate Hub, Fredericton Community Climate Hub, Climate Action Muskoka, West Kootenay Climate Hub, Ecology Ottawa, and many more

Become an endorser

Endorsing Seniors for Climate is an excellent way to build alliances that help build the movement. Add your organization today and let’s end the climate crisis, together.

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Contact us

Questions are welcome. Write to us at:

contactinfo@seniorsforclimate.org

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  • A smiling older man in a sun hat wears a T-shirt that reads: I love heat pumps, electric vehicles and solar power.
    Seniors for Climate members, Durham, Ont.
  • Two people in costume at a street demonstration: a white rabbit holding a pocket watch, and Father Time with a long white beard and an hourglass.

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