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Our purpose and mandate

Why Canada needs a peace museum

Unlike many other countries, Canada lacks a peace museum.  While Canada ranks highly in global indices, the level of peace both at home and internationally is reducing. The need to promote peace is more urgent than ever.


Peace is not just the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice, fairness, good relations with neighbours. Peacefulness requires a healthy planet, healthy people, a fair society, functioning democracy and the presence of kindness.


We believe that we must cherish the levels of peace that we have, and work to advance them.

Learn More: Watch our 1-hour lesson on the need for the Canadian Peace Museum, hosted by York University.

Vision & Mandate

Vision: A peaceful world, with planetary health and social harmony, urgently and for the generations that follow us.


Purpose: To operate a museum that promotes peace, equity, art, activism, environmentalism, and community harmony. To educate the public about peace, equity, art, activism, environmentalism, and community harmony. Our purposes include to support other organizations and relieve poverty.

On-site activities

Currently we mostly support grassroots peace-related efforts, including hosting training, book events, community gatherings with music and good, and our community garden.

Off-site activities

We promote peace via talks in schools, universities, museums, and places or worship.


We collaborate with educators and school board leadership to help promote peace.


Our annual peace awards incorporate music and conversations that promote and celebrate peace.


We encourage institutions to promote peace, especially national landmarks and municipalities.

Media work

Our team undertake peace-related journalism and appear in media to promote peace.


We have appeared in television and radio news and have been published in national newspapers and magazines.

Our team

Letters of support

Letters of support

Click here to learn more about our  directors and advisors

Letters of support

Letters of support

Letters of support

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News about us

Letters of support

Our affiliations

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Our affiliations

Our charitable status

Our affiliations

We are proud members of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, the International Network of Museums For Peace, the Canadian Museums Association, and the Ontario Museum Association.

Our charitable status

Our charitable status

Our charitable status

We are a federally registered charity #739682417 RR0001


2024 Financial Statements (audited)

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We are a registered charity and can provide tax receipts for donations. We retain and require operational independence from all financial supporters.

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Canadian Peace Museum | Musée Canadien de la paix

19 Valleyview Drive, Bancroft, Ontario, K0L 1C0, Canada | 📫 PO Box 30005

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We are on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory