Children & Families

Let’s celebrate Quebec Family Week (May 13–19) by taking a moment to reflect on the importance of families, especially our own, where we can all enjoy a more balanced, happier lifestyle and where special needs for families are respected.  This year’s Theme is : “Let’s…

If you are experiencing isolation, moral distress associated with anxiety, relationship issues, difficulties with your children, family conflicts, worried about a friend or family member, are in mourning or have questions about other worrisome situations or behaviours, please call 811 and choose Option 2, Info-Social.…

May 6 to 12 is Mental Health Week in Québec under the theme: #GetLoud About What Mental Health Really Is. We can all benefit from celebrating, promoting and recognizing the role that good mental health plays in living a full and meaningful life. So let’s #GetLoud…

You can find a family doctor who is accepting new patients, by adding your name to the Québec Government’s centralized online tool: Québec Family Doctor Finder (GAMF). To register, you must have a valid Québec health card and be aged 14 or older.  Because the…

Hooked on School Days: With the Right Support, Everyone Can Persevere From <strong>February 13 to 17, 2023,</strong> <a href=”https://www.journeesperseverancescolaire.com/en” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Hooked on School Days</a> pays tribute to all the people in young Quebecer’s lives who make a difference. We recognize their crucial role in students’…

Quebec has established its own unique approach to daycare for children 0-4, with subsidized and recognized Child Care Centres (CPEs) and Subsidized Family Home Daycares where spaces are offered at reduced contribution for infants through school-age children.

Find various financial supports available from different levels of government and non-profit organizations.

You’ll find crisis and non-crisis helplines, as well as resources on how to respond to stressful events. Learn more about mental illness, its risk factors, symptoms, treatment, as well as how to take care of your mental health, with self-care tips, tools and more. We have also put together mental health resources and tools for specific age groups.

services & support for Youth Free activities and workshops, mental health and wellbeing check-ins, an information and referral service for youth needing help accessing health and social services within the Outaouais, and more.  Mental Health Resources for Youth Find information on crisis and non-crisis, suicide…