Self-help, Mutual Aid and Support Groups :
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Adult Children Anonymous, aka Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA/ACOA) is a support group and self-help fellowship with the purpose of healing ourselves and ...
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5N2 Map
613-230-9071
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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AEHA increases awareness by providing its members and the general public with information on environmental sensitivities. Brings members together for mutual ...
Nepean, ON, K2C 3Y9 Map
613-860-2342
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Provides support to amputees from trained amputee visitors, information on community services available to amputees and ongoing contact with amputees via a ...
505 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M2 Map
613-402-3841
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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18 years and up
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Aphasia Centre of Ottawa provides care aimed at enhancing the quality
of life of people affected by aphasia by helping them improve their
ability to ...
2081 Merivale Road, Ottawa, ON Map
613-567-1119
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Ottawa chapter of provincial organization recognizing the needs of, and improving educational opportunities for children with exceptional learning abilities. ...
Ottawa, ON Map
613-860-1398
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Autism support Ottawa is an email list group that provides information and support to people about ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). There are almost 1,000 ...
Ottawa, ON Map
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Sponsored by the Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada, this group meets the first Wednesday of every month, except for July and August, to help educate and support ...
92 Pickwick Drive, Ottawa (nepean), ON, K2J 3E2 Map
613-823-0162
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association is dedicated to providing services and support to persons with celiac disease and dermatitis ...
Ottawa, ON, K1H 1A1 Map
613-786-1335 x24
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Champlain Mental Health Network (CMHN) / Réseau des Services de Santé Mentale du District de Champlain (RSSMDC) is committed to working in ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Your mental health is just as important as your physical health. This simple, online, private, mental health check-up can identify some symptoms of common mood ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation aids those afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis; conducts research into improved care and treatments; seeks a cure or ...
2134 Maple Forest, North Gore, ON, K0A 2T0 Map
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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To enhance the quality of life through improving one's physical, mental and social well-being. Regular monthly meetings are held at 900 Merivale Road, Ottawa. ...
1316 Alloway Crescent, Ottawa, ON, K1K 3Z1 Map
613-749-7401 x6135689248
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Provides support to persons with epilepsy and their families and promotes public awareness of epilepsy.
211 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6H5 Map
613-594-9255
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Fibromyalgia is a common and disabling disorder affecting 2-4% of the population, women more often than men. Patients with fibromyalgia usually ache all over, ...
72 Robertson Road, Nepean, ON, K2H 5Y8 Map
613-721-2082
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Support group for grandparents requesting access visits to their grandchildren and to raise public awareness of this ever-growing problem. Makes its concerns ...
1516 Bourcier Drive, Orleans, ON, K1E 3J5 Map
613-837-8371
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Grief is not just sadness or depression, it is a whole host of emotions ranging through anxiety, anger, guilt, confusion, vulnerability, relief and more. This ...
205 Greenbank Road, Ottawa (nepean), ON, K2H 8K9 Map
613-829-2363
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Ottawa Valley Branch is one of the local branches of the Ontario Brain Injury Association. The Association provides support for people with head injuries ...
211 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6H5 Map
613-233-8303
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Provides services to persons with hemophilia, and their families, including support, referral services, education and financial assistance.
2445 St-Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON, K1G 6C3 Map
613-739-3845
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Ottawa chapter of the national organization helps fight Hepatitis C through prevention and early detection. Its mission is to support those infected with ...
ON, Canada
613-233-9703
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Provides support, counselling, advice and information to people with Huntington's disease and their families.
880 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6K7 Map
613-233-5838
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Il s’agit d’un groupe, à partir du modèle conçu par Mary Ellen Copeland reconnu mondialement comme étant "the Wellness Recovery Action Plan", ...
713 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1K 0T2 Map
613-746-4621 x3967
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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16 years and up
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The Kidney Foundation of Canada, Eastern Ontario Branch, is a not-for-profit health organization which offers patient education and support for those living ...
1150 Morrison Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2H 8S9 Map
613-724-9953 x18007249953
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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La Leche League promotes a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and through education, ...
ON, Canada
613-238-5919 x24
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Lung Association is a registered charity that funds respiratory research, promotes better management of asthma, helps those with chronic lung disease, ...
3 Raymond Street, Ottawa, ON, K1R 1A3 Map
613-230-4200
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Mothers are Women (MAW) is a support group directed at mothers who choose to remain at home with their children. Provides opportunities for women at home to ...
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B1 Map
613-722-7851 x24
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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To bring Multiple Sclerosis patients together to offer support and encouragement to each other. Members discuss topics relevant to those with MS, share ...
885 Meadowlands Dr, Ottawa, ON, K2C 3N2 Map
613-728-1583
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Helps individuals with myalgic-encelphalomyalitis to understand and cope with this condition and function as best as possible. Provides information to members ...
1064 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2Y3 Map
613-789-6374
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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The Olde Forge Community Resource Centre provides information on community services and activities for Western Ottawa. Publishes the Directory of Self-Help ...
2730 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2B 7J1 Map
613-829-9777
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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A self-help, mutual aid, and information group for the prevention, treatment and management of Osteoporosis. Group offers regularly scheduled meetings at the ...
670 Albert Street, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6L2 Map
613-236-0428 x357
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Dedicated to individuals or families affected by anaphylaxis: a life-threatening allergic reaction. Its mandate is to share information and promote allergy ...
Ottawa, ON Map
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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To offer recreational and social activities to those with arthritis. Informal discussions at which members have an opportunity to discuss their concerns are ...
Ottawa (vanier), ON, K1L 8E3 Map
613-746-5235
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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To help people regain self-confidence after a stroke. Activities include monthly guest speakers and presentations on various related topics. Volunteer members ...
Ottawa, ON, K2C 3M1 Map
613-820-0864
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Giving parents an opportunity to get together and share ideas on raising multiples - the joys and the pitfalls. General meetings held the 3rd Wednesday of the ...
Ottawa, ON, K2C 0Z0 Map
613-746-5254 x24
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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A local organization providing mutual support to families caring for foster children. During monthly meetings, members share their concerns and information on ...
1602 Telesat Court, Ottawa (gloucester), ON, K1B 1B1 Map
613-748-0670
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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Provides assistance and moral support to adult adoptees wishing to research their origins and to birth parents, grand-parents, siblings, fostered adults and ...
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5N1 Map
613-730-8305
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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An international association of persons exhibiting nervous symptoms and fears and persons who are former mental patients. The purpose is to prevent relapses ...
Ottawa, ON Map
613-749-5418
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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211 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6H5 Map
613-237-0650
Area Served: Ottawa-Carleton
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All ages
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We are Ontario’s voice for adoptive parents. We believe that all adoptive parents have a right to advocacy, support and guidance throughout their lifelong ...
36 Eglinton Avenue W, Toronto, ON, M4R 1A1 Map
416-482-0021
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All ages
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<p>The Alzheimer Society of Ontario is the umbrella organization for the 39 Alzheimer Society chapters across Ontario. The goal of the Society is to rid ...
1200 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 2A5 Map
416-967-5900 x18008794226
Area Served: Ontario
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18 years and up
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The Aspergers Society was founded in 2000 by parents of children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and concerned professionals. The Aspergers Society of Ontario is ...
161 Eglinton Ave East, Toronto, ON, M4P 1J5 Map
416-651-4037
Area Served: Ontario
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All ages
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Founded in 1952, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario, is a non-profit, charitable organization committed to improving the lives of people ...
180 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z8 Map
1-800-875-6213 x4169775580
Area Served: Ontario
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All ages
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The Ontario Working Group on Early Intervention in Psychosis is made up of individuals and organizations that share the goal of developing an effective ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Ontario
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All ages
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Provides information and lends support to sufferers of lupus. Meetings feature talks by doctors and other professionals who deal with medical aspects or ...
2900 John Street, Markham, ON, L3R 5G3 Map
905-415-1099
Area Served: Ontario
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All ages
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We are a community of students who are attending or planning to attend post-secondary or adult education institutions and have personal past/present ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Ontario
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16 years and up
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The Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services (OACRS) is a non-profit organization representing the children and families served by Ontario's ...
150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON, M4G 1R8 Map
416-424-3864 x3647
Area Served: Ontario
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All ages
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Support group for Fragile X.
1979 Oakdean Crescent, Ottawa (gloucester), ON, K1J 6H6 Map
613-748-6009
Area Served: Ontario
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All ages
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Dedicated to providing those who are facially disfigured and those closest to them with ongoing educational and emotional support. Committed to helping the ...
123 Edward Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1E2 Map
1-800-665-3223
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Anaphylaxis Canada is a national organization helping Canadians to live with allergies. Various programs and services for support and advocacy regarding this issue.
2005 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, ON, M2J 5B4 Map
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Founded in 2013, a registered non-profit that offers:
* Peer Support Groups for those affected by BFRBs across Canada
* Participate in mental health ...
Toronto, ON Map
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Canadian Celiac Association is a national organization dedicated to providing services and support to persons with Celiac Disease and Dermatitis ...
5170 Dixie Road, Mississauga, ON, L4W 1E3 Map
905-507-6208 x18003637296
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Canadian Coalition of Alternative Mental Health Resources is a National forum that embraces best practices, alternative programs, learning opportunities, knowledge transfer and resource sharing.
55 King Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 3H5 Map
888-406-4663
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) is a consumer-based organization formed by and for hard of hearing Canadians. CHHA works cooperatively with ...
2415 Holly Lane, Ottawa, ON, K1V 7P2 Map
613-526-1584 x18002638068
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Canadian Liver Foundation is committed to combating every form of liver disease through research, education and patient support programs. Recognized by ...
2235 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, ON, M2J 5B5 Map
416-491-3353 x18005635483
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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CNIB is a nationwide, community-based, registered charity committed to research, public education and vision health for all Canadians. CNIB provides the ...
1101 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2C 3W7 Map
613-563-4021
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Support group for individuals with Sjogren's Syndrome.
Ottawa, ON Map
613-526-5433
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) is a national not-for-profit voluntary medical research Foundation. Its mission is to find the cure for ...
60 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON, M4T 1N5 Map
1-800-387-1479
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Fragile X Research Foundation of Canada funds investigation of the most common inherited form of mental impairment and developmental disability, and ...
167 Queen Street West, Brampton, ON, L6Y 1M5 Map
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Hemachromatosis is a genetic disorder that causes individuals to retain excess iron in their bodies, with harmful results.
ON, Canada
613-739-9277 x6135215897
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Mental Illness Foundation has three main objectives: Prevent mental illness, reduce the suffering of those affected and mobilize those affected and the ...
2120 Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, QC, H2K 1C3 Map
514-529-5354
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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PFLAG Canada (formerly Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) is a national organization for parents, families, friends and LGBTQ people ...
265 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1L 6C4 Map
1-888-530-6777 x300
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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PSI-CANADA is the Canadian presence of Postpartum Support International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to helping those ...
ON, Canada
1-800-944-4773 (Toll Free)
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Psoriasis Society of Canada is the national support group for Canadians affected by psoriasis.
Halifax, NS, B3M 4H4 Map
1-800-656-4494
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Association that works with families and individuals with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus.
167 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 9V3 Map
204-925-3650
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Youth in Care Canada is a national, charitable organization driven by youth and alumni from child welfare authorities across Canada. YICC exists to voice the ...
223 Main Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S 1C4 Map
613-327-4317
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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mindyourmind.ca is an award winning site for youth by youth. This is a place where you can get info, resources and the tools to help you manage stress, crisis ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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