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Princess Margaret hospital received the largest donation for cancer care in Canadian history. And that may not be the best part

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Gillespie, K. (2026, September 23). Princess Margaret hospital received the largest donation for cancer care in Canadian history. And that may not be the best part. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/princess-margaret-hospital-received-the-largest-donation-for-cancer-care-in-canadian-history-and-that-may-not-be-the-best-part/article_01439a96-15c2-4109-8e58-08e5ab474e92.html

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre received an unprecedented $100 million donation for cancer care, marking the largest such gift in Canadian history. The donor, who has a personal connection to cancer, remains anonymous and did not restrict the funds to specific projects, allowing the centre to allocate them toward its highest priorities, including early detection, new treatments, and patient care. Dr. Keith Stewart emphasized that the trust placed in the center by the donor is as significant as the financial contribution itself.

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Dr. Keith Stewart, director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, received an unexpected $100 million donation on Tuesday, the largest gift for cancer care in Canadian history. The anonymous donor, who has a personal connection to cancer, allowed the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation to use the funds without restrictions, focusing on early detection and accelerating new treatments. This trust enables the foundation to direct the money towards its highest priorities, such as building an $15 million early detection clinic and preparing new drugs for clinical trials with a $5 million investment. The donation supports the foundation's "Carry the Fire" campaign, aiming to raise $2.5 billion over several years to advance cancer care in Toronto and beyond.

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🔮 “From a leadership perspective, the most wonderful gift is when somebody trusts us to do the right thing with it and says, we will let you decide how best to use this money to advance cancer care in Toronto, across the country and, hopefully, with a global impact,” Stewart said.

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Canadian Princess Margaret The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Toronto the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

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Stewart PERSON · 4× Canadian NORP · 1× Keith Stewart PERSON · 1× Margaret PERSON · 1× Miyo Yamashita PERSON · 1× Princess Margaret ORG · 1× The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation ORG · 1× Toronto GPE · 1× Yamashita PERSON · 1× the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ORG · 1×

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On Tuesday morning alone, Stewart was on a call about building a $15 million early detection clinic that would regularly screen people at high risk of cancer due to family history or geneti/c mutation, and another call about getting a new drug, which needs $5 million just to get it ready for clinical trial.

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2026-09-23 · Toronto Star

Princess Margaret hospital received the largest donation for cancer care in Canadian history. And that may not be the best part · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 2 hedged)

Dr. Keith Stewart, director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, was in a regular meeting last week when he was handed “a lovely surprise.” asserted

he → hand → surprise

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, which funds research, innovation and care at the centre, has been given the single largest gift for cancer care in Canadian history: $100 million. asserted

which → fund → history

The donor, who has a personal connection to cancer, wants to remain anonymous. asserted

who → have → cancer

They also didn’t restrict the gift to a particular initiative, allowing Princess Margaret to direct it toward its highest priorities: early detection, accelerating new treatments and transforming patient care. asserted

Margaret → restrict → care

“From a leadership perspective, the most wonderful gift is when somebody trusts us to do the right thing with it and says, we will let you decide how best to use this money to advance cancer care in Toronto, across the country and, hopefully, with a global impact,” Stewart said. asserted

Stewart → trust → impact

The gift was announced Tuesday night at the foundation’s launch of Carry the Fire, a $2.5 billion multi-year fundraising campaign to accelerate research, treatment and care in pursuit of “a world free from the fear of cancer.” asserted

gift → announce → cancer

With 21,000 new patients each year, and about 2,000 researchers and hundreds of clinical trials working to improve early detection and treatment outcomes for future patients, Princess Margaret says it has to be ambitious in its fundraising goals. asserted

it → work → goals

Experts warn that too many young people face difficulties in accessing tests and follow-up care during a period when every delay could prove critical. uncertain

delay → warn → period

Experts warn that too many young people face difficulties in accessing tests and follow-up care during a period when every delay could prove critical. uncertain

delay → warn → period

“We’re seeing survival outcomes improve, but it takes money and resources to do that research and to translate that research into clinical practice,” Stewart said. asserted

Stewart → see → practice

“These are things that the government doesn’t fund directly in terms of the hospital’s operating capabilities and so we rely on philanthropy to support our research efforts. asserted

we → fund → efforts

it → build → trial

“Things start to add up quite quickly,” he said. asserted

he → start → ?

Miyo Yamashita, president and CEO of the foundation, delivered the news to Stewart about the $100 million gift. asserted

Yamashita → deliver → gift

“There are beautiful days in cancer and there are tough days — that was a beautiful day,” she said in an interview. asserted

she → be → interview

“You’re almost crying with relief and joy because you know the difference it will make for these cancer patients and their families.” asserted

it → cry → patients

Gifts of this size rarely come without conditions — let alone without a name attached. asserted

Gifts → come → name

“It’s unusual to have anonymous donors, period, at any level,” Yamashita said. asserted

Yamashita → ’ → level

“When you have what we’d say in the philanthropic world are unrestricted dollars, it allows us to take the boldest bets to deliver the most dramatic results for cancer patients.” asserted

us → have → patients