Canadian in origin, international in intention.
You may have arrived here from firsttellproject.ca. This is the Canadian page of an international site — everything else lives on firsttellproject.com.
Why the Canadian context matters so much here
Child protection in Canada is provincial and territorial. There is no single national number to call and no single national agency. The duty to report a suspicion, however, applies to everyone in every province and territory — not only to teachers, clinicians and other professionals. You do not need proof, and it is not your job to investigate first.
This is why our guidance never hardcodes a universal reporting rule, and why the jurisdiction selector on the immediate response page exists.
| What is national | What is provincial or territorial |
|---|---|
| The Criminal Code | Child protection legislation |
| Cybertip.ca, the national tipline for online child sexual exploitation | Which agency you report a suspicion to |
| Kids Help Phone, available across Canada | Victim services and their eligibility rules |
| Federal victim-rights framework | Whether and how a reporter's identity is protected |
Organisational status in Canada
Not yet incorporated — organisational development. Not a registered charity. No tax receipts issued.
A federal not-for-profit corporation can be created through Corporations Canada, and the Canada Revenue Agency treats non-profit organisations and registered charities as separate things: an ordinary non-profit is not a qualified donee and cannot issue official donation receipts. We will not use charitable-receipt language on this site until the status that permits it actually exists.
The First Tell Project is not currently a registered charity and does not issue charitable tax receipts. Contributions support development of our public education, survivor-navigation, research and safeguarding work. Please do not contribute if you require an official donation receipt.
Bilingual roadmap
This site launches in English. Every component and every content record is built to carry a French version without redesign, and French will live at /fr/. We are not going to machine-translate material about child sexual abuse: the French version will be done by a human translator with subject-matter competence, or it will not be done.
Canadian partners and advisors
None yet. We are recruiting advisors with Canadian child-protection, forensic-interview, clinical, nonprofit-law and privacy expertise, and we would rather have five of the right people than fifty names on a page.