French only website

The Réseau des Centres de ressources périnatales du Québec (RCRPQ) brings together the Perinatal Resource Centres (PRCs) of Quebec, which offer a range of services and activities to parents and future parents throughout the perinatal period, such as prenatal courses, breastfeeding support and various workshops.

T: 418-336-3316
W: https://www.rcrpq.com

French only website

Information and reference center to publicize the services of its members.
W: naissance.ca

La Maison Bleue helps families awaiting a child and that are in need of support due to living in a context of vulnerability: poverty, a situation of abuse, violence, neglect, addiction, precarious immigration status, mental health problems, teen pregnancy etc.

Three Maison Bleue exist in Montreal:
- Cote-des-Neiges
- Parc-Extension
- Saint-Michel

W: maisonbleue.info/en/

Canadian website providing families with information about pregnancy, childbirth and choosing the best care.

W: havingababy.co

Quebec Association of doulas (QAD) aims to bring together and represent Quebec doulas from all walks of life. Their goal is to have all of the different types of accompaniment offered by our members (fertility, birth, postnatal, abortion, perinatal bereavement, and end of life) recognized by health professionals, government authorities and the public.

W: https://aqdoulas.com/en/

French only website

Telephone support, classes, meetings, home help, and referrals.

T: 514-948-9877
TF: 1-866-948-5160
W: relevailles.com

Quebec association for premature babies.

T: 450-651-4909
TF: 1-888-651-4909
W: premaquebec.ca/en

French only website and service

Telephone support for parents of kids ranging from 0-20 years old, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

TF: 1-800-361-5085
W: ligneparents.com

French only website and service

Free professional telephone consultations for parents, offered between September and June.

T: 514-525-2573
TF: 1-866-329-4223
W: premiereressource.com

A practical guide for parents from pregnancy to age two.

W: inspq.qc.ca/en/tiny-tot

French only website

Website with a focus on development and health of children.

W: naitreetgrandir.com

Information for parents from Canada’s paediatricians.

T: 613-526-9397
W: caringforkids.cps.ca

French only website

Organization which helps families in the Montreal area who have had multiples.

T: 514-990-6165
W: apjtm.com

Canadian organization which helps families who have had multiples.

W: multiplebirthscanada.org

French only website

At-home help, self-help groups in postpartum depression, meetups, baby massage, and support.

T: 418-688-3301
W: relevaillesquebec.com

AMI-Quebec is a non-profit organization that helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy. All programs are free!

W: https://amiquebec.org/

Website which provides information on perinatal mental health and has a list of local resources.

W: https://www.postpartum.net/

A place for moms who have lived experience with a maternal mental illness and who want to engage in research.

W: https://research4moms.com/

Peer to peer support group offered via the Family Care Collective for women suffering from depression or anxiety in pregnancy or postpartum.

E: millie.tresierra@gmail.com
T: 514 961 1766
W: https://www.familycarecollective.org/community-activities

French only website

Centre Saint-Pierre is a Montreal-based sliding-scale therapy centre that offers psychotherapy, training and support services at affordable rates.

T: 514-524-3561
W: centrestpierre.org

French only website

Information, support, education, and training on food allergies. A section of the website is dedicated to newborns.

T: 514-990-2575
TF: 1-800-990-2575
W: allergies-alimentaires.org/fr

Information on vaccinations, scheduling of vaccinations, questions and answers, resources, etc.

T: 613 725-3769, poste 122
W: immunize.ca

Free and confidential telephone consultation service. Health advice given by a nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

T: 811
W: https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/finding-a-resource/info-sante-811/

Information and support to quit smoking.

TF: 1-866-527-7383
W: https://tobaccofreequebec.ca/iquitnow/

24/7 crisis centre offering intervention services for adults in states of situational crisis, emotional distress, or adjustment crisis, whether suicidal or not, as well as their loved ones.

T: 514-684-6160
W: https://www.centredecriseoi.com

French only website

24/7 free and bilingual crisis response centre offering crisis intervention services for adults and their loved ones.

T: 514-768-7225
W: https://www.centredecrise.ca/lautre-maison

24/7 confidential suicide prevention hotline for those in distress, who are worried about someone or have lost loved ones to suicide.

T: 1-866-277-3553
W: https://suicideactionmontreal.org/
W: https://suicide.ca/en

Tel-Aide offers a free, anonymous, and confidential telephone hotline in French and English to people in distress, suffering from mental health problems or simply need to be listened to. Their service is accessible to everyone who suffers from loneliness or stress, who are emotionally distressed or angry, or who simply need to confide in someone who will listen without judgement.

T: 514-935-1101
W: http://www.telaide.org/en/n/

To obtain a list of all breastfeeding consultants (on the website only).

T: 514-990-0262
W: ibclc.qc.ca/en

French only website

Telephone support provided by recognized instructors. Sales of books and accessories for breastfeeding.

T: 1-866-255-2483
W: allaitement.ca

French only website

Pairing and telephone support with a breastfeeding instructor. Pairing requests can be made over the phone. For other activities related to breastfeeding, visit the website.

T: 514-948-9877
TF: 1-866-948-5160
W: nourri-source.org

French only website, helpline available in English

Bilingual telephone services accessible 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

T: 514-873-9010
TF: 1-800-363-9010
W: sosviolenceconjugale.ca

Refuge and support for abused women and 24/7 crisis line.

T: 514-481-0495
W: aubergetransition.org/index.php?lang=en

French only website

Information services on contraception and sexuality in Quebec.

T: 418-624-6808
TF: 1-877-624-6808
W: sexplique.org

French only website

Information on contraception and women’s sexual health.

T: 514-866-3721
W: fqpn.qc.ca

Organization promoting natural birth and conception planning methods.

T: 514-273-7531
TF: 1-866-273-7362
W: serena.ca

Website which provides advice on the safe installation of child car seats and addresses of garages who offer the verification and installation of child car seats.

W: https://www.caaquebec.com/en/on-the-road/services/child-car-seat/

French only website

A variety of information on self-help groups, health associations, suggested parenting books, parenting websites, and more.

T: 450-376-3702
T: 514-369-0234
TF: 1-877-369-0234
W: cqrpe.qc.ca

Website in French only, though services offered in English

Specialized clinic for parent’s with physical limitations. Evaluation and supply of equipment adapted to promote autonomy in the care of the baby.

T: 514 527-4527 poste 2220
W: https://ciusss-centresudmtl.gouv.qc.ca/soins-et-services/deficience-physique-sensorielle-langage-auditive-et-motrice/aides-techniques-exclusives-aux-parents-ayant-une-deficience-physique

Organization dedicated to the legal and social recognition of LGBT families. Group of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents who share information and resources and have fun with their children.

T: 514-878-7600
W: famillesLGBT.org

Programs designed to help and support fathers.

T: 514-381-3511
W: repere.org

The West Island Women’s Centre (WIWC) is a dynamic and widely-used non-profit community organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of women. Join their online support group Healing Together for women dealing with miscarriage, still birth or infant death.

T: 514-695-8529
W: https://wiwc.ca/support-groups/

Parent Orphelins provides group support and complementary services for parents who have lost a baby during pregnancy. Coffee-talks, hotline, activities, annual light walk and external resources are also available.

T: 514-686-4880
TF: 1-844-338-4522
W: www.parentsorphelins.org

The Star Legacy Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing pregnancy loss and neonatal death and improving care for families who experience such tragedies. We are a community of families, health professionals, researchers, policy makers, and individuals dedicated to helping every pregnancy have a happy ending.

T: 952-715-7731
W: https://starlegacyfoundation.org/

Bereavement support groups in the event of a perinatal loss whether due to abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, pregnancy interruption and neonatal death (up to 12 months of age), and for couples dealing with fertility issues. Also offers private individual therapy, all led by a licensed psychotherapist.

T: (514) 266-0531
W: https://www.ndgtherapy.com

Baby’s Breath is Canada’s only national foundation focused on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and more recently also dedicated to reducing all sudden and unexpected infant deaths including stillbirths. Their work focuses on research, advocacy and a peer-to-peer bereavement support network to assist families who have faced the tragic loss of an infant.

T: 1 (800) 363-7437
W : https://www.babysbreathcanada.ca/

French only website
A telephone service where information is provided for all questions related to pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, contraception, and sexuality.

T: 1 (877) 662-9666
W: https://sosgrossesse.ca/fr

French only documentary
Revenir les bras vides is a four-part documentary series that records the stories of parents who have lived through perinatal bereavement and the stories of their loved ones. This series explores many different themes and offers greater insight into the subject, which is still taboo and shrouded in silence. Specialists share their thoughts by answering the many questions raised when a baby’s life is cut short.

W : https://www.chusj.org/en/

Center which responds compassionately to the emotional, spiritual, and psychological distress of individuals and families affected by such loss as miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion, adoption, SIDS, infertility, and sterility. They provide professional support services, which promotes constructive healthy grieving and healing for those whose lives have been touched by these painful events. They also educate caregivers and the public on reproductive loss grief issues.

T: (514) 486-6708
W : https://crl-rho.org

The QPIP is set up to pay benefits to all eligible workers - salaried and/or self-employed - taking maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave, adoption leave, or bereavement leave. To find out your benefits and eligibility, visit their website.

T: 1 (888) 610-7727
W: Termination of Pregnancy: https://www.rqap.gouv.qc.ca/en/
Death of a Child: https://www.rqap.gouv.qc.ca/en/

French only website

The Regroupement pour la valorisation de la paternité (RVP) aims to regroup and mobilize the social actors of Quebec concerned by the valorisation of fatherhood in order to allow the integration of fathering realities in public policies and offering family services.

T: 514-528-9227
W: https://www.rvpaternite.org/

Separated Fathers inc. is an established non-profit referral organization recognized by separated fathers and men in the context of family transition. We promote the well-being and health of fathers and their involvement with children and the community.

T: 514-254-6120
W: https://www.peres-separes.qc.ca/home

RePère is a non-profit community organization whose mission is to foster fathering skills by providing fathers with the tools they need to create and maintain good relationships with their children.

T: 514-381-3511
W: https://www.repere.org/about-repere/

French only website

The Association des pères gais de Montréal (APGM) is a legally constituted association of gay fathers who believe that there is a healthy gay life to be lived. Originally, this association offered services mainly to fathers who, after years in a heterosexual relationship, were questioning their sexual orientation. Today, in line with the changes in society, the association is also open to men who have had children through an alternative path (adoption, surrogate mother, etc.)

T: 1-855-237-2746
W: https://apgmqc.wordpress.com/

French only website

The Réseau des lesbiennes du Québec (RLQ) is a national autonomous community action organization that has been working on collective advocacy since 1996. It brings together women of sexual diversity, that is, women who are cis, trans, two-spirited, gender fluid, queer, agender or non-binary, and who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, gender fluid, asexual or in questioning.

T: 438-929-6928
W: https://rlq-qln.ca/

Dad Central’s vision is to see every child have access to an involved, responsible, and devoted dad. They strive to connect, inspire and train dads and communities to build healthy children together. Check out their super handy New Dad manual!

T: 613-257-2779 ext. 3108
W: https://www.newdadmanual.ca/manual.php?SectionID=1

PROMIS assists immigrants and refugees and their families in their cultural, social and professional integration. In addition, they welcome women from here and elsewhere, aged 18 and over, in their housing services.

T: 514-345-1615
W: https://promis.qc.ca/en/about/

French only website

The Centre social d’aide aux immigrants (CSAI) accompanies immigrants and refugees in the care of the State in their efforts to integrate and actively participate in the host society by promoting associative life and inter-community and intercultural relations.

T: 514-932-2953
W: https://centrecsai.org/

Important information on how to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and different ways to be proactive to minimize risk of infection.

TF: 1-833-784-4397
W: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/prevention-risks.html

If you’re currently pregnant and worried about the COVID-19 pandemic, here is some useful information provided by the provincial government.

TF: 1‑877‑644‑4545
W: https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/information-for-pregnant-women-coronavirus-covid-19/