Empowering decisions for a safe path forward
myPlan Canada is a free app to help you with your safety and well-being if you have experienced abuse from current or past spouse, partner, boy/girlfriend. It’s private, secure, personalized, & backed by research.
It’s personalized for your situation
Everyone deserves to be safe in their partner relationship, and every situation is different. The myPlan Canada app can help you identify, navigate, and find supportive resources for a range of relationship abuse concerns that fit with your unique situation.
Women’s safety in women’s hands
Endorsed by women from many backgrounds
Whether with their partner or separated, most women said that an earlier version of myPlan helped them understand their risks and options and make better decisions about reaching out for help.
95% of women said they would recommend it to other women
I found this very helpful because it was non-judgmental. Like there were no excuses, but it wasn’t attacking, it was just do it, go through it and then look at what you are left with, just look at it.
It was like somebody was there with me …. but it still allowed me to come to those decisions on my own. ... It was more powerful in the end than listening to someone say ‘well you know that’s really not love.
A tool for health and social service providers
myPlan Canada is a tool that women experiencing intimate partner violence can use to help them make decisions about their safety, health and well-being. Accessible through a discreet and confidential smartphone app (or web-based tool), myPlan Canada is designed with diverse women’s needs and concerns in mind – whether they are dealing with abuse on their own and looking for help or already accessing services. It’s not meant to replace the expertise of health and social service providers but can be used in conjunction with services.
Service providers can use myPlan Canada with women to:
- help facilitate a discussion about their level of danger and their priorities when making plans for safety
- help women think about how violence is affecting their health and well-being and options for addressing these issues
- help them identify and connect with other services or resources (shown in the tool) that could be helpful to them.
Providers can introduce myPlan to women as a resource they can use on their own or walk through it (or parts of it) with women. Whether you support women in person or virtually, myPlan Canada can complement or extend the work you do!
How it Works
Learn how the apps work.
Our Story
Learn more about the science of decision aids and meet the research team behind myPlan.
Questions?
If you have questions or feedback about myPlan Canada, please contact us.