Multiple sclerosis is a complex disease

While it is most often diagnosed in young adults, aged 15 to 40, we know that it affects children, some as young as two years old. The impact is felt by family, friends and by the community. MS is unpredictable, affecting vision, hearing, memory, balance and mobility. Its effects are physical, emotional, financial, and last a lifetime. There is no cure.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is there to help. No one need face MS alone. In communities across Canada, MS Society volunteers and staff provide information, support, educational events and other resources for people with MS and their families.

The MS Society also raises funds for research.  Money raised at the MS Society's Super Cities Walk for MS allows the MS Society to do this work and take a leading role in the fight to end MS.

MS Facts

• Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world.
• MS is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada.
• Every day, three more people in Canada are diagnosed with MS. MS can cause loss of balance, impaired speech, extreme fatigue, double vision and paralysis.