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Adoption Council of Ontario

Site: Markham - Mailing Address

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Record #: MET3378
Last Modified: 29 Jul 2025
Last Full Update: 25 Jul 2025

Contacts

Office Phone 416-482-0021, Adoption Information and Referral ; Office 2: 1-877-236-7820, Toll Free - Adoption Information and Referral (1-877-ADOPT-20)
E-Mail info@adoption.on.ca
Website www.adoption.on.ca
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adoptioncouncilontario
Instagram Instagram: https://instagram.com/ontarioadopts
YouTube YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AdoptCouncilOntario
Alternate Contact Dawn Tracz, Manager, PACT and Youth Serivces; Email: dawn.tracz@adoptontario.ca

Addresses

Address & Map
Markham, ON
Canada L6B 0R5
 
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Intersection Yonge St and Eglinton Ave W
Mailing Address PO Box 30010 RPO Boxgrove 
Markham, ON 
Canada L6B 0R5
Physical Access Most services offered virtually

Description

Description (Service)

Education, support, and advocacy for all members of the adoption and permanency community across Ontario

Support is available to adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, youth and adults with lived experience in adoption or foster care, kin caregivers, and professionals, key services include:


Centralized Adoption Intake Service

  • provincial access point of information for public adoption inquiries.
  • intake team provides information about adoption types, the process, application preparation, and referral to prep and home study supports (adoption.on.ca, oacas.org)

AdoptOntario

  • coordinated initiative to connect children in Extended Society Care (foster care) with prospective adoptive families

Pathways to Permanency

  • psychoeducational, trauma-informed parenting program tailored for adoptive, kinship, and customary care families

ACT (Adoption Competency Training)

  • specialized training for professionals supporting permanency and adoption families

Youth Network

  • peer-led programs and community-building for youth and young adults with adoption or foster care experience

Parent Support

  • one-on-one peer assistance and resource navigation through trained Parent Liaisons

Education & Outreach

  • webinars, learning modules, workshops, and digital materials for families and professionals

Community Advocacy

  • systemic efforts to promote inclusive, trauma-informed practices and policies across Ontario

Online learning Hub

Service Details

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Hours Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm
Areas Served Ontario
Boundaries Ontario
Eligibility Birth parents, adoptees, adoptive and prospective adoptive parents, and adoption professionals
Application Call or email or visit website for information
Languages English
Fees Fees for some programs

Subjects

Service Categories Adoption Services ; Family Counselling ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues ; Foster Parent/Family Recruitment ; Internet Information Resources ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues ; Parenting Helplines ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues ; Parenting Skills Classes ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues ; Peer Mental Health Support Services ~ Foster Parents ; Special Libraries ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues ; Specialized Information and Referral ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues ; Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education ~ Adoption/Foster Care/Kinship Care Issues
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