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The information on this website is provided for reference purposes
only and is targeted to those who are interested in adoption. The
Adoption Council of Canada (ACC) endeavours to provide up to date and
reliable information for this website but cannot be responsible for
content that is provided by third parties. The opinions expressed by
any organization listed below do not necessarily reflect those of the
ACC.
Government
For federal and provincial government
departments and ministries, see "Links".
Non-Government
Here are some of the major adoption
organizations. For a detailed list of adoption support groups across
Canada, see www.canadaswaitingkids.ca/support.html.
- Adoption Council of Canada
/ Conseil d'adoption du Canada, 211 Bronson Ave., #210, Ottawa K1R 6H5. 613-235-0344/235-1566,
fax 235-1728, 1-888-542-3678, acc@adoption.ca,
www.adoption.ca.
- Adoption Council of Ontario, 3216
Yonge St., 2nd floor, Toronto M4N 2L2, 416-482-0021, fax 482-1586,
aco@adoption.ca, www.adoption.on.ca.
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Adoption Connections.
Adoption Connections is geared toward potential birth parents who
are considering placing their baby for adoption. For more
information, visit
www.adoptionconnections.ca.
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Adoption Profiles:
http://www.adoptionprofiles.ca/
- Adoption Support Centre
of Saskatchewan,
305 - 506 25th Street East, Saskatoon, SK. S7L 4A7, 306-665-7272, adoption.support@sasktel.net, www.sasktelwebsite.net/adoption.
- Adoptive Families Assn.
of British Columbia, #275 - 6450 Roberts Street, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 4E1, 604-320-7330,
fax 320-7350, info@bcadoption.com,
www.bcadoption.com.
- Adoptive Parents' Association
of Nova Scotia, Box 2511, Stn. M, Halifax, N.S. B3J 3N5, 902-422-2087,
abarnes@hfx.eastlink.ca,
users.eastlink.ca/%7Eabarnes/APANS.
- APAQ (Association de parents pour l'adoption québécoise),
(514) 990-9144,
apaq@quebecadoption.net,
http://apaq.quebecadoption.net/
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Bastard Nation, The Adoptee Rights Organization:
http://www.bastards.org/
- Canada Adopts!, 550 Eglinton Ave
West., P.O. Box 23052, Toronto, ON, M5N 3A8,
info@canadaadopts.com,
http://www.canadaadopts.com/
- CHOICES
Adoption and Counselling Services, 250.479.98, toll free
1.888.479.9811, fax 250.479.9850,
www.choicesadoption.ca
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Concerned United Birthparents:
http://www.cubirthparents.org/
- Families of Adopted Children
from Eastern Europe, 23 Vinci Cr., Toronto M3H 2Y6, 416-398-9010, face.adopt@sympatico.ca.
- Families with Children
from China Toronto, Box 808, Stn. F, Toronto M4Y 2N7, 905-453-8077, fcctoronto@hotmail.com,
www.fcctoronto.org.
- Family Helper, Box 1353, Southampton,
Ont. N0H 2L0, helper@familyhelper.net,
www.familyhelper.net.
- Fédération des parents
adoptants du Québec [Quebec Adoptive Parents Federation], 42 boul. du Seminaire, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu J3B 7M6. 514-990-5307,
fpaq@quebecadoption.net,
fpaq.quebecadoption.net.
- International Adoption
Families Association, #1016, 246 Stewart Green S.W.,
Calgary T3H 3C8, 403-270-2474, www.iafa.ca.
- International Adoptive
Families of New Brunswick, John McAdam, 20 Sloat St., Fredericton E3C 1M4,
506-453-1866, jmcadam@nbnet.nb.ca.
- National Bank of Canada's International Adoption Financial
Package:
http://www.nbc.ca/bnc/cda/content/0,1008,divId-2_langId-1_navCode-13374,00.html
- Society of Special Needs
Adoptive Parents, 101 - 2780 East Broadway, Vancouver V5M 1Y8. 604-687-3114,
fax 687-3364, toll-free (in BC) 1-800-663-7627, snap@snap.bc.ca,
www.snap.bc.ca.
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and Reunion - Government
To find information about a birthparent
or an adopted child, contact the Adoption Registry of the province
where the adoption took place (except Quebec where you register with
the agency that handled the placement).
- BRITISH COLUMBIA
- Children and Family Development
- ALBERTA - Children's
Services
- Post Adoption Registry, Call 780-427-6387. To be connected
toll free from anywhere in Alberta, dial 310-0000 then dial
(780) 427-6387. Mail your letter to 11th floor, Sterling Place,
9940-106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5K 2N2, or email:
postadoption.registry@gov.ab.ca
- SASKATCHEWAN
- Community Resources and Employment
- MANITOBA - Family
Services and Housing
- ONTARIO - Community,
Family and Children's Services
- QUEBEC
- Ministère
de la Santé et des Services sociaux
- NEW BRUNSWICK -
Family and Community Services
- NOVA SCOTIA - Community
Services
- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
- Health and Social Services
- NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR - Health and Community Services
- NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES - Health and Social Services
- NUNAVUT - Health
and Social Services
- YUKON - Health and
Social Services
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- Canadian Adoptees Registry
Inc., 218 David Street, Noelville ON P0M 2N0,
705-898-1539,
www.canadianadopteesregistry.org.
- Canadian Adoption Reunion
Register see Parent Finders of Canada
- Coalition for Open Adoption
Records,
462 Ossington Ave., Toronto M6G 3T2, klynn@ica.net, www.geocities.com/coarontario.
- Forget Me Not Family Society, 15829
Suffolk Road, South Surrey, B.C. V4A 5L3, 604-541-2512, katosan@telus.net.
- LINKS Post-Legal Adoption
Support Group (Manitoba), 89 St. Michael Road, Winnipeg R2M 2K8, 204-257-4742,
rkading@shaw.ca, members.shaw.ca/rkading.
- Mouvement Retrouvailles, 150 Grant,
Bureau 333, Longueuil QC J4H 3H6, 450-646-1060, info@mouvement-retrouvailles.qc.ca,
www.mouvement-retrouvailles.qc.ca/eng/organisation.asp.
- Parent Finders Inc. of Toronto,
Box 1008, Stn. F, Toronto, Ont. M4Y 2T7, 416-465-8434, parentfindersinc@yahoo.com.
- Parent Finders Montreal, Pat Danielson,
190 Davignon, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que. H9B 1Y5, (514) 683-0204,
fax 685-7384, pfmtl@primus.ca,
home.primus.ca/~pfmtl/English.
- Parent Finders National
Capital Region Inc., Box 21025, Ottawa South P.O., Ottawa, Ont. K1S 5N1,
613-730-8305, fax 730-0345, pfncr@aol.com,
members.aol.com/pfncr.
- Parent Finders of Canada
(National Office) and Canadian Adoption Reunion Register, 19 English Bluff
Road, Delta V4M 2M4, (604) 948-1069, reunion@parentfinders.org,
www.parentfinders.org.
- TRIAD Canada, Society for Truth
in Adoption, Box 5922, Stn. B, Victoria, B.C. V8S 4S2, 250-474-2280,
triadcanada@home.com,
www.triadcanada.ca.
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U.S.
Organizations
- Children's
Rights, 404 Park Ave. S., 11th Floor, New York NY 10016, 212-683-2210,
info@childrensrights.org,
www.childrensrights.org
- Dave Thomas Foundation
for Adoption,
4288 West Dublin-Granville Road, Dublin OH 43017, 1-800-275-3832,
adoption@wendys.com, www.davethomasfoundation.com
- Evan B. Donaldson Adoption
Institute,
525 Broadway, New York NY 10012, 212-925-4089, info@adoptioninstitute.org,
www.adoptioninstitute.org
- National Adoption Center, 1500 Walnut
St., Suite 701, Philadelphia PA 19102, 800-862-3678, nac@nationaladoptioncenter.org,
www.adopt.org
- National Adoption Information
Clearinghouse,
330 C Street, SW, Washington DC 20447, (888) 251-0075, (703)
385-3206,
NAIC@caliber.com, naic.acf.hhs.gov
- North American Council
on Adoptable Children, 970 Raymond Ave., #106, St. Paul MN 55114-1149, 651-644-3036,
info@nacac.org, www.nacac.org
Other
Adoption Organizations
Foster
Family Organizations
- NATIONAL
- BRITISH COLUMBIA
- BC Federation of Foster
Parent Assns., #308 - 3680 East Hastings St., Vancouver V5K 2A9, (604)
660-7696, 1-800-663-9999, bcffpa@istar.ca,
www.bcfosterparents.ca
- Federation of Aboriginal
Foster Parents, 3455 Kaslo, Vancouver V3M 3H4, 604-291-7091, info@fafp.ca,
www.fafp.ca
- ALBERTA
- SASKATCHEWAN
- MANITOBA
- Manitoba Foster Family
Network,
1 - 202 Provencher Blvd., Winnipeg R2H 0G4, www.mffn.ca
- ONTARIO
- NEW BRUNSWICK
- NOVA SCOTIA
- NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR
- Newfoundland and Labrador
Foster Families Assn., 354 Water St., St. John's NF, 1-877-754-0218,
709-754-0213, www.nfld.net/nlffa
- NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
- YUKON
- Assn. of Yukon Foster
Parents,
c/o Health & Human Resources, 401 - 4114 Fourth Ave., Whitehorse
Y1A 4N7, (867) 667-6279
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