Ontario March of Dimes (OMOD) began in 1951 as the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis, which funded research and provided medical and rehabilitation services to people with polio.
The organization officially changed its name to Ontario March of Dimes in 1973, and gradually expanded to include other service areas such as recreational activities, advocacy and supportive housing.
During the 2006 Canadian federal election, 23-year-old Ontario March of Dimes intern Warren Rupnarain, a person with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair, visited the campaign offices of the three major political parties in all 22 Toronto ridings to raise awareness of disability issues.
In 2015, a long-time March of Dimes employee, Karima Manji, was charged by Toronto police with allegedly defrauding the charity of $800,000 through the use of false bank accounts and forged invoices.
Manji, who worked as a property manager for the organization's non-profit residences since 2005, was accused of siphoning funds from the charity and funneling them into a false March of Dimes bank account.