Frequently asked questions.

A dating platform for serious, long-term relationships, established as a Canadian federal not-for-profit. Its defining feature is the absence of a conflict of interest: no shareholders, no subscriptions, and success measured by members leaving because they found someone.

Yes. Kindred is live in the Greater Toronto Area, where the founding pilot is under way: the first 1,000 members join free for life. Outside the GTA, join the waitlist; you hear first when your city opens, and founding-member invitations there go out in order of signup.

Active matching runs in the Greater Toronto Area, where the founding member pool is concentrated. The waitlist is open worldwide, and a new city enters the queue once roughly 500 people there have registered. No city opens with an empty pool.

Always a one-time fee, paid once at joining, never a subscription, premium upgrade, or in-app purchase. What you pay depends only on when you join. Kindred opened with a founding pilot in the GTA: the first 1,000 members join free and stay free, for life; members who join after that pay a one-time $25 CAD, locked in permanently, half the standard price. The standard membership is a one-time $50 CAD for new members. Everyone keeps the rate they joined at, so pilot members are grandfathered permanently.

Adults 18 and over, of every orientation, who are looking for a serious, long-term relationship. Matching runs in the Greater Toronto Area today; elsewhere, join the waitlist to bring Kindred to your city. There is no casual mode, by design: the whole value of the pool is that everyone in it means it.

Kindred does not score compatibility from questionnaires, because research shows those scores do not predict real attraction. Instead, a short dealbreaker filter removes structurally impossible pairs. As the pool grows, ranking is built to draw on behavioural signals and reciprocity modelling, and follow-ups on real outcomes are designed to teach the system what actually works. The full method.

Infinite swiping exists to maximize time in app, which is the incumbent business model, not yours. Kindred sends curated, finite introductions. When there is someone worth meeting, you hear about them; when there is not, the app leaves you alone.

It is used for two things: telling you when Kindred opens in your city, and counting registrations by city so we know where to open next. It is never sold or shared, and you can ask for it to be deleted at any time. The privacy notice has the details.

Everyone you can be matched with has verified their identity, and verification is reviewed by a person. Reporting, active moderation, and a documented incident-response protocol have operated from the first day.

Registered charity status in Canada brings tax-receipted donations but also constraints that do not fit a membership platform. Kindred is taking the same path Wikipedia did for years: a not-for-profit that asks for voluntary support without issuing tax receipts, and is upfront about exactly that.

Join if you are in the GTA, or join the waitlist for your city, and bring one person with you: pool density is the single thing that matters most right now. To fund the mission directly, you can donate once or every month; Kindred is a not-for-profit rather than a registered charity, so donations receive no tax receipt. A crowdfunding campaign is also planned.

Kindred is founder-built and in the process of recruiting its founding board of directors: the target profiles are a privacy or technology lawyer, a relationship-science academic, and a nonprofit finance professional. If that could be you, or you want to volunteer or partner on research, write to hello@kindredmatch.io.