✦Established The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Program in 2003 to provide free music education classes to inner city children whose school music programs have been hit by budget cuts.
✦Provided background vocals, guitar, and piano for Stevie Nicks' "Love Is" from album "Trouble in Shangri-La" in 2001.
✦Was granted the title of an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1999 and that of the Order of British Columbia in 2001.
✦Was sued in 1999 by Vancouver musician Darryl Neudorf who stated that he had made an uncredited contribution in writing "Touch", but won the case as the judge eventually ruled in her favor.
✦Received Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visionary Award in 1998 for her contribution in advancing the careers of women in music.