The Square
A place for Canadians hurt in an accident, or on the job, to be heard.
You are the only person who was there for all of it. Hurt Square gives you somewhere to put it while it is still clear.
A clear record is a quiet kind of power. Months from now, you will not have to tell your story from memory. You will show it, in your own words, written as it happens.
The two National Recovery Guides
For anyone hurt in Canada, on the road or on the job. Document your health, your treatment and every claim conversation, page by page.
In the months after an accident, memory fades while the questions pile up. A clear, dated record of your symptoms, your appointments and what you were told is often what separates a claim that is believed from one that is doubted. They keep all of that in your own words, from the very first day.
See both National Guides →A place where your voice belongs.
Hurt Square, Built for Injured People
Every town worth its name has a square: a place where people gather to be heard, where private suffering becomes public record and where the institutions that surround everyday life can no longer pretend not to listen.
Canadians hurt in a car accident, or on the job, have never had one. Until now.
Three things before anything else.
You matter.
What happened to you matters, and so does how you feel about it. All of it.
Your feelings are valid.
Every one of them. The fear, the anger, the exhaustion, the grief. None of that needs to be explained or justified.
You have the right to be heard.
To ask questions. To disagree with your adjuster, your case manager, your doctor. To keep your own record, in your own words.
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What happened?
Two paths, the same careful companion. Choose the one that fits and we will take it from there.
A motor vehicle accident
Driver, passenger, pedestrian or cyclist. Find the Companion Guide built for your province's exact insurance system.
Find your province →
An injury at work
You were doing your job. Find the Companion Guide built for your province's workers' compensation board.
Find your province →You will drive again. What you document today decides how soon.
For a professional driver, the road back is never only about healing. It is about your medical card, your safety record and getting back behind the wheel when you are ready. The National Commercial Drivers Guide helps you keep all of it in one calm place, so nothing about your livelihood slips away while you focus on getting well.
- ✓The first hours and the days that follow
- ✓Your medical, carrier and record, documented as you go
- ✓Insurance and benefits, set side by side in one view
The right guide for where it happened.
The single most important thing about your claim is the province or territory where the accident happened. Choose yours and we will meet you exactly where you are.
Not sure which one? Choose the province where you were hurt, even if you live somewhere else.
Pick a province to begin.
We will show you what is different where it happened and the guide built for it.
If a vehicle or a workplace accident changed your day, this is for you.
Drivers
At fault, partly or not at all. Your recovery still counts and still needs documenting.
Passengers & pedestrians
You don't need to have been behind the wheel to be hurt by one. You have rights too.
Workers
Hurt on the job? You were doing your job. There is a full set of workplace guides for you.
Families & caregivers
Documenting for someone else? There is room here to protect their voice too.
Starting late
Weeks or months out? You are not behind. You are right on time. There is a place to begin.
Anyone over 16
Anyone with a licence can have an accident. So can a child in a back seat or someone simply crossing the street.
One companion, built for the whole journey.
When you are ready, not a moment before, here is how we help. You don't have to remember everything. You only have to write it down. We will show you where.
Start with your National Recovery Guide.
The National MVA Recovery Guide after a crash, the National Workplace Injury Recovery Guide after an injury at work. Usable anywhere in Canada.
Add your Provincial Companion Guide.
The MVA Companion Guide or Workplace Injury Companion Guide for the province where it happened. Your insurer or board, your forms, your deadlines and your rights, all in plain language.
Document as you go.
Every appointment, every call, every hard day and better day. Captured, organized and ready when you need to be heard.
Hurt Square guides are digital. After checkout you get an instant download you can print or fill in on your device. Yours to keep, return to and use at your own pace.
Learn more about how it works →story
Born on the road.
For two years, I drove people to and from their medical appointments after their motor vehicle accidents. I heard the same thing again and again: "I don't feel like anyone is listening to me."
They were exhausted, in pain and expected to track appointments, fill out forms, meet deadlines they were never told about and prove over and over that what happened to them was real. Hurt Square is the answer I wished I could have handed every one of them.
Read our story →Good to know
The questions people ask first.
Will insurers, lawyers and doctors take this seriously?
Is this legal or medical advice?
Are my records private?
Is it printable or only digital?
Do I need the Companion Guide too?
Your privacy
Your records stay yours.
You are writing down sensitive things during a hard time. That information belongs to you, and we treat it that way.
Yours to keep
Your records live with you, on your own device or in print. You hold the copy.
Yours to share
You decide who sees your record, whether that is a doctor, a lawyer or no one at all.
Never sold
We do not sell or trade your personal information. Full stop.
Why people trust us
Built in Canada for the people who need it.
Not sure where to begin? Start here.
Get your National Recovery Guide and start documenting today. Add your provincial Companion Guide for the rules where you were hurt.
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