From side hustle to front door. Rising Sisters Canada is building a national, peer-led community for single mothers and women over 50 who are ready to build income security on their own terms.
If you’re a single mother building income around caregiving, or a woman over 50 who has been overlooked by the traditional workforce, Rising Sisters Canada was built for you. Peer support, practical business tools, and a clear path forward, wherever you are in Canada.
The system was not built for her.
Canada is one of the wealthiest countries on earth. Yet for millions of women and gender diverse people, economic security remains out of reach, not because of personal failure, but because of systems that were never designed with them in mind.
The numbers are not ambiguous. Non-binary and transgender people face poverty and earnings gaps far steeper than cisgender Canadians. We can change this.
What We're Building
Rising Sisters Canada is a community-based not-for-profit in development. We are adapting the Global Sisters model, a proven Australian approach that has supported over 6,000 women since 2014, moving them from micro-enterprise income toward welfare independence and financial security. Canada has no equivalent. Rising Sisters Canada is building it.
Canada has strong programs for women's economic inclusion in many cities and provinces. But there is almost nothing that is national in reach, online by design, and sustained over the years it actually takes to build a business and a financial foundation. That is the gap Rising Sisters Canada is here to fill.
Our primary community is single mothers and women over 50 who are ready to build income through a small business. We believe that with practical tools that fit your life, and a clear pathway forward, you can build income security on your own terms. For many women in our community, that destination is home ownership.
Why now
Canada is at a pivotal moment. Budget 2025 committed $660.5 million over five years for Women and Gender Equality Canada, including $382.5 million to renew the Women's Program and a new Women's Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund.
Federal housing policy is explicitly calling for gender-responsive approaches.
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From the Founder
Rising Sisters Canada grew out of a personal conviction that the right support at the right moment can transform a family's story.
As a single mother who built financial security by purchasing her own home, and a senior public sector leader with twenty years of experience navigating the systems that shape women's lives, I have seen both sides of this picture up close.
The spark was lit at Women Deliver 2026 in Melbourne, where conversations with feminist colleagues, founders and the Global Sisters team made what had felt like a distant hope feel urgently possible.
Katerina Daniel, Founder, Rising Sisters Canada
Land Acknowledgement and Commitment to Reconciliation
We acknowledge that Rising Sisters Canada is based out of the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg Nation. As an organization serving women across the country, we also recognize that our team, partners, and the sisters we serve live and work across the traditional lands of diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples from coast to coast to coast.
We honor the enduring strength, wisdom, and leadership of Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people, who have been the caretakers of these lands since time immemorial. We commit to continuous learning, honoring the truth of our shared history, and working actively toward an inclusive, safe, and equitable future for all sisters.
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