The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation raised a record-setting $2.08 million last year in support of women’s shelters and to help stop family violence in Canada.

Since 1998, the Shelter Foundation has raised more than $16 million with the support of Royal LePage agents, brokers, managers and staff.

“Violence against women happens in all communities and at every age and income level,” says Shanan Spencer-Brown, executive director of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. “Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16 and 360,000 children are exposed to domestic violence every year. On average, every six days in Canada, a woman is killed by her partner. That’s why we are so committed to providing a safe haven for women and children who have experienced abuse.”

The Shelter Foundation supports 200 emergency women’s shelters and violence prevention programs, helping more than 30,000 women and children every year.