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The Adoption Council of Canada (ACC) is the umbrella organization for adoption in Canada.

Based in Ottawa, the ACC raises public awareness of adoption, promotes the placement of waiting children, stresses the importance of post-adoption services, and supports search, reunion, and unqualified access to identifying information for both adopted adults and their birth parents.

As a national non-profit organization that receives little government funding, the ACC is greatly dependent on the support from its national membership base, as well as donations from the general public. The ACC's charitable registration number is: 13803 1596 RR0001. Please refer to the Canada Revenue Agency, Charities Directorate website for more details: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/chrts/menu-eng.html

To learn more about our donation process, please contact the ACC directly: info@adoption.ca

Chair: Sandra Scarth

Acting Executive Director: Sarah Pedersen

For more information contact us: 

by mail: 

Adoption Council of Canada
211 Bronson Avenue
Ottawa, ON  K1R 6H5

by telephone: 613-235-0344

toll free: 1-888-542-3678

by e-mail: info@adoption.ca

AdoptionCanada Listserv: This list is for all Canadians touched by adoption. It's a place for discussion among adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents, prospective adopters, Canadian adoption advocates, support group members, agencies, adoption councils, provincial coordinators and professionals working in adoption. What does adoption mean to you? How does it impact you? What can we learn from each other? How can we work together to improve the system? This listserv is sponsored by The Adoption Council of Canada: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AdoptionCanada/