Directory
Adoption
Adoption Council of Canada
613-235-0344 or 1-888-54-ADOPTS
www.adoption.ca
Blood banks
Canadian Blood Services
1-888-2-DONATE
www.bloodservices.ca
CReATe
416-323-7727
www.createbank.com
Breastfeeding
The Breastfeeding Committee for Canada
416-465-8265
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca
INFACT Canada (Infant Feeding Action Coalition)
416-595-9819
www.infactcanada.ca
La Leche League Canada
Breastfeeding Referral: 1-800-665-4324
www.lalecheleaguecanada.ca
Caregivers
Canadian Medical Association
613-731-9331
www.cma.ca/cpgs
Canadian Nurses Association
613-237-2133 or 1-800-361-8404
www.cna-nurses.ca
Canadian Pediatric Society
613-526-9397
www.cps.ca
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
905-629-0900
www.cfpc.ca
Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Canada
613-730-4192 or 1-800-561-2416
www.sogc.com
Child Care
Canadian Child Care Federation
613-729-5289 or 1-800-858-1412
www.cccf-fcsge.ca
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
613-594-3196
www.ccaac.ca
Centre for Urban and Community Studies
416-978-6895
www.childcarecanada.org
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
416-538-0628 or 1-800-594-7514
www.childcareontario.org
Contraception/Family Planning
The Bay Centre for Birth Control
416-351-3700
Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada
613-241-4474
www.ppfc.ca
Serena Canada
613-728-6536 or 1-888-373-7362
Doulas
Doula C.A.R.E. Inc.
905-842-3385 or 1-888-879-3199
Canadian Doulas
Doulas of North America
Health
Allergy/Asthma Information Association
416-679-9521 or 1-800-611-7011
www.aaia.ca
Asthma Society of Canada
416-787-4050 or 1-800-787-3880
www.asthma.ca
Bureau of Reproductive and Child Health
613-941-2395
www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Canadian Dental Association
613-523-1770
www.cda-adc.ca
The Canadian Dermatology Association
613-730-6262 or 1-800-267-3376
www.dermatology.ca
The Canadian Institute of Child Health
613-230-8838
www.cich.ca
Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
416-696-0267 or 1-800-668-1507
www.medicalert.ca
The Hospital for Sick Children
416-813-1500 or 1-800-268-9017
www.sickkids.ca
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
613-238-5721
www.ldac-taac.ca
Motherisk Program
416-823-6780 (M-F 9-5)
www.motherisk.org
Infant Death
Bereaved Families of Ontario
416-440-0290 or 1-800-BFO-6364
www.bereavedfamilies.net
Cdn Foundation for the Study of Infant Death
416-488-3260 or 1-800-END-SIDS
www.sidscanada.org
Prenatal Bereavement Services Ontario
905-472-1807 or 1-888-301-PBSO
www.pbso.ca
Infant /Maternal
Health Conditions
Canadian Cancer Society
1-888-939-3333
www.cancer.ca
Canadian Diabetes Association
416-363-3373 or 1-800-226-8464
www.diabetes.ca
Canadian Liver Foundation
416-491-3353 or 1-800-563-5483
www.liver.ca
Canadian Lung Association
613-569-6411 or 1-888-566-5864
www.lung.ca
Epilepsy Canada
514-845-7855 or 1-877-SEIZURE
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
514-369-4806 or 1-800-361-7494
www.kidney.ca
Lupus Canada
1-800-661-1468
www.lupuscanada.org
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
416-922-6065 or 1-800-268-7582
www.mssociety.ca
Thyroid Foundation of Canada
613-544-8364 or 1-800-267-8822
www.thyroid.ca
Multiples
Multiple Births Canada
905-888-0725
www.multiplebirthscanada.org
Nutrition
Dietitians of Canada
416-596-0857
www.dietitians.ca
National Eating Disorder Information Centre
416-340-4156
www.nedic.ca
National Institute of Nutrition
613-235-3355
www.ccfn.ca
Parenting
Family Service Canada
613-722-9006 or 1-800-668-7808
www.familyservicecanada.org
One Parent Families Association of Canada
905-831-7098
www.opfa.net
Parent Help Line
416-586-5437 or 1-888-603-9100
www.parentsinfo.sympatico.ca
Photographers
Jennifer Gilbert – Naturally Beautiful Photography
647-448-9934
www.naturallybeautifulphotography.com
Postpartum Depression
Canadian Ass. of Family Resource Programs
613-237-7667
www.frp.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association
416-484-7750
www.cmha.ca
Pacific Postpartum Support Society
604-255-7999
www.postpartum.org
Reproductive Health
The Canadian Women’s Health Network
204-942-5500 or 1-888-818-9172
Women’s College Health Sciences Centre
416-966-7111
Safety
Canada Safety Council
613-739-1535
Canadian Juvenile Products Association
905-893-1689
Canada Road Safety & Vehicle Regulation
800-333-0371
www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/
Canadian Toy Testing Council
613-228-3155
www.toy-testing.org
Child and Family Canada
Infant & Toddler Safety Association
519-570-0181
(hotline)
Safe Kids Canada
1-888-SAFE-TIPS
www.sickkids.ca/safekidscanada
Safe Start
604-875-3273 or 1-888-331-8100
www.bcchildrens.ca
Special Needs
About Face International
1-800-665-3223
www.aboutfaceinternational.org
Autism Treatment Services of Canada
403-253-6961
www.autism.ca
Cdn Association of Speech-Language Pathologists And Audiologists (CASLPA)
1-800-259-8519
www.caslpa.ca
The Canadian Association of the Deaf
613-565-2882 or TTY: 613-565-8882
www.cad.ca
Canadian Council of the Blind
613-567-0311
www.ccbnational.net
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
416-485-9149 or 1-800-378-2233
www.cysticfibrosis.ca
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
403-270-8500 or 1-800-883-5608
www.cdss.ca
Canadian Hemophilia Society
514-848-0503
www.hemophilia.ca
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
416-486-2500
www.cnib.ca
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders
Canadian Spinal Research Organization
905-508-4000 or 1-800-361-4004
www.csro.com
Cerebral Palsy Canada
403-543-1161 or 1-800-363-2807
Easter Seals/March of Dimes Council
416-932-8382 or TTY: 416-932-8151
www.esmodnc.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada
416-488-0030 or 1-800-567-2873
www.mdac.ca
Spinal Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association
1-800-565-9488
www.sbhac.ca
Turner’s Syndrome Society
416-781-2086 or 1-800-465-6744
