While our funds are directed to grassroots community groups dealing with HIV/AIDS in Africa, our desire is to also raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in Canada. The numbers are just as telling:

• 58,000 people in Canada are living with HIV/AIDS.
• 30% of the 58,000 are unaware that they are infected.
• 2,483 Canadians were diagnosed with HIV in 2005, which is 13% more than were diagnosed in 2001.
• It is estimated that over 4,000 Canadians are infected with HIV each year.
• 43.5% of HIV infections are transmitted through men who have sex with men.
• 30.8% of HIV infections are transmitted through heterosexual contact.
• 20.5% of HIV infections are transmitted through injection drug users.
• In 2003, females accounted for 42.5% of positive HIV test reports among youth aged 15 to 29.

Source: http://www.actoronto.org/website/home.nsf/pages/hivaidsstatscan