Health + Wellness Resources
Pregnancy/Childbirth Information
Childbirth Connection www.childbirthconnection.org
Healthy Babies Healthy Children 416.338.7600 www.toronto.ca/health/healthybabieshealthychildren
Jessie's Centre for Teens www.jessiescentre.org
Family Health
Seats for Kids Canada is a great car seat resource for parents
Ontario Poison Control Center 1.800.268.9017
Hospital for Sick Children 416.813.1500 www.sickkids.ca
Just for Kids Clinic (St Joseph’s Health Center: daytime and after hours) 416.530.6611 www.stjoe.on.ca/programs/family/justforkids.php
Children’s After Hour Clinic (Danforth & Willowdale offices) 416.461.3000, 416.250.5000 www.kidsafterhourscare.ca
Rundhouse Paediatric Walk in Clinic www.roundhousepediatrics.com
Canadian Pediatric Society, Caring for Kids 613.526.9397 www.caringforkids.cps.ca
Telehealth 1.866.797.0000 www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/telehealth
Sarah Strathy-Alie Speech-Language Pathologist (Hanen Certified, PROMPT Trained) 647.972.6421 www.facebook.com/strathyslp/
Postpartum Services
Service Ontario (birth registration & birth certificate) 1.800.267.8097 www.serviceontario.ca
Toronto Public Health 416.338.7600 www.toronto.ca/health
Healthy Babies Healthy Children 416.338.7600 www.toronto.ca/health/healthybabieshealthychildren
Toronto Speech & Hearing Program 416.338.8255 www.tpsls.on.ca
Ontario Early Years Centre 1.866.821.7770 www.ontarioearlyyears.ca
Breastfeeding Support
Taya Griffin, Lactation Consultant (In home support) 416.996.0321 www.tayagriffin.com
International Breastfeeding Center (formally Newman Breastfeeding Institute) Great videos and handouts for breastfeeding support 416.498.0002 www.nbci.ca
La Leche League: Mother to mother peer support network 1.800.665.4324 www.lllc.ca
St Joseph’s Health Center Outpatient Breastfeeding Clinic 416.530.6331 www.stjoe.on.ca/programs/family/parenting_services.php
Toronto East General Walk In Breastfeeding Clinic 416.469.6667 www.tegh.on.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-22-5279
Mental Wellness
Parkdale Community Health Women's Connection Program 416.537.8222 www.pchc.on.ca/programs-services/womens-connection-program.html
Gerstein Center Crisis Line 416.929.5200 www.gersteincentre.org
Center for Addiction & Mental Health 1.800.463.6273 www.camh.ca
Midwifery
Ontario Midwives 416.425.9974 www.ontariomidwives.ca
Association of Ontario Midwives 416.425.9974 www.aom.on.ca
College of Midwives of Ontario 416.640.2252 www.cmo.on.ca
Special Family Needs
Hydrocephalus Canada (Spina Bifida Support) www.sbhao.on.ca
Cerebral Palsy Guidance www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com
CNIB Vision Loss www.cnib.ca
Canadian Hearing Society www.chs.ca/services/support-groups
Bereaved Families of Ontario www.bereavedfamilies.net