Northern Ontario Company Helps Canadians Prepare for Health Emergencies

SUDBURY, Ontario, Oct. 20, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- .EXIT Life Ready, a Northern Ontario-based technology company, is helping Canadians navigate critical health information and emergency preparedness. Founded by End-of-Life Doula Joy Wirta and co-founders Nicole Blais and Jordan Duplessis, the company aims to ensure that Canadians are prepared for unexpected situations. The company was developed in Northern Ontario, where distance, rural and remote communities, limited access to services, and an aging population make medical preparedness especially meaningful.

.EXIT Life Ready's app, launched with health emergency preparedness features, allows users to organize important health and personal information, including medications, healthcare providers, emergency contacts, and important documents. The company has also introduced an Ontario Will & Power of Attorney Builder, providing Ontarians with an accessible way to act on important planning. Within the EXIT Life Ready app, users can also invite a Legacy User, a delegate they trust, to access the information they have chosen to share. This feature ensures that the right information reaches the right people when it matters most.

Preparedness is not just for later in life, according to Wirta.

(EXIT Life Ready) has surpassed 1,300 downloads through organic growth and continues to expand its technology and community presence. The company has also been recognized as a nominee for the 2026 Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Awards.

Wirta emphasizes the importance of starting the conversation about preparedness.

The company's ecosystem brings together digital health and emergency preparedness, important-document organization, legacy information, an Ontario Will & Power of Attorney Builder, community education, and End-of-Life Doula support. PLAN • PREPARE • SUPPORT: Be Ready Before You Need to Be.

EXIT Life Ready challenges another common perception: that conversations about Wills, Powers of Attorney, healthcare wishes, and emergency preparedness belong primarily to older adults. They don't. A young parent may need someone to know what to do for their children in an emergency. A traveller may need medical and insurance information accessible away from home. An adult child may suddenly become a caregiver. A healthy working adult can experience an unexpected accident or illness. Preparedness isn't an age-based conversation. It's a life-stage conversation.

(EXIT Life Ready) was developed in Northern Ontario, where distance, rural and remote communities, limited access to services, and an aging population make medical preparedness app especially meaningful. Since launching, the company has taken its message directly into communities through presentations, seniors' organizations, healthcare and community partnerships, retirement living communities, caregiver education, and planning sessions.

(EXIT Life Ready) recently began asking its community a simple question: Could they find it? Could someone find your medication list? Your healthcare contacts? Your Power of Attorney? Your Will? Your emergency information? The questions have generated conversation online, and that, Wirta says, is exactly the point.

(EXIT Life Ready) encourages people to begin by asking whether someone they trust knows where to find: - A current medication list and important health information - Emergency contacts and healthcare providers - Power of Attorney information - Their Will and the location of the original document - Important personal, household, family, or pet information that someone may need unexpectedly

Wirta says the first step doesn't have to be complicated.

(EXIT Life Ready) was developed in Northern Ontario, where distance, rural and remote communities, limited access to services, and an aging population make medical preparedness app especially meaningful. Since launching, the company has taken its message directly into communities through presentations, seniors' organizations, healthcare and community partnerships, retirement living communities, caregiver education, and planning sessions.