Ontario
Bereaved Families of Ontario – Halton Peel
33 City Centre Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5B 2N5
Email: info@bereavedfamilies.ca Website: www.bereavedfamilies.ca
T. 905-848-4337
Contact: Andrea O’Reilly
Instagram: @centreforgriefandhealing Twitter: bfohp
Facebook: centreforgriefandhealing
Grief and bereavement support programs for children, teens and adults. Also offering individual counselling and resources for the community
Bereaved Families of Ontario – Toronto
250 Merton Street Toronto, Ontario, M4S 1B1 T. 416-440-0290
Contact: Meredith Cochrane
Email: info@bfotoronto.ca
Website: www.bfotoronto.ca
Instagram: @bfotoronto
Facebook: bfotoronto
Grief and bereavement support programs for children, youth and adults. Also offering individual counselling
Bethell Hospice
15835 McLaughlin Rd Inglewood, Ontario L7C 1H4
T. 905-838-3534 Ext. 3010
Contact: Dorothy Rankin
Email: lsallese@bethellhospice.org Website: www.bethellhospice.org Instagram: @Bethell_hospice_foundation
Twitter: BethellHospice
Facebook: BethellHospiceFoundation
Grief and bereavement support programs for children, youth and adults in both individual and group settings. End of life support and in home visitors also available.
Bereaved Families Ontario – Hamilton Burlington
300 Fennell Avenue East Unit 2B Hamilton, Ontario L9A 1T2
T. 905-318-0070
Contact: Melissa Mancini
Email: programming@gmail.com
Website: www.bfoscr.com
Grief and bereavement support programs for children, youth and adults
Bereavement Ontario Network
174 Oxford St. Woodstock, Ontario N4S 6B1
T. 519-290-0219
Contact: Kelly Wrigglesworth
Email: info@bereavementontarionetwork.ca
Website: www.bereavementontarionetwork.ca
Twitter: BONnewsandnotes
Facebook:BereavementOntarioNetwork
Online resource for grief and bereavement information, also offering an annual educational and networking conference
Bereaved Families of Ontario – Midwestern Region
65 Hanson Avenue Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2H6
T. 519-603-0196
Contact: Carly Kowalik
Email: support@bfomidwest.org
Website: www.bfomidwest.org
Grief support programs for children aged 4-12, parents with loss and adults.
Beth Donovan Hospice
1107 French Settlement Road Kemptville, Ontario K0G 1J0
T. 613-258-9611
Contact: Margaret Lorrie Beaton
Email: info@bethdonovanhospice.ca Website: www.bethdonovanhospice.ca Facebook: BethDonovanHospice
Grief counselling offered to both individual and family. Offering grief themed art programs for children.
Children and Youth Grief Network (CYGN)
Email: info@childrenandyouthgriefnetwork.com
Contact: Tory Hagerman
Website: www.childrenandyouthgriefnetwork.com
Instagram: @childrenyouthgriefnetwork Twitter: c_grief
Facebook:childrenandyouthgriefnetwork
Community Care Health and Care Network – Hospice Services
#3-2 Kent Street West Lindsay, Ontario K9V 2Y1
T. 705-879-4123
Contact: Megan Tremblay
Email: hospiceinfo@ccckl.ca
Website: www.ccckl.ca
Twitter: CommunityCareKL
Facebook: CommunityCareCKL
Support for families dealing with terminal illness, diagnosis through to grief and bereavement care
Dorothy Ley Hospice
220 Sherway Drive Toronto, Ontario M9C 5N6
T. 416-626-0116
Contact: Kristine Gagnon
Email: kgagnon@mail.dlhospice.org Website: www.dlhospice.org
Twitter: dorothy_ley
Facebook: The-Dorothy-Ley-Hospice
Hospice care for people of all ages
Bereaved Families of Ontario Southwest Region
PO Box 22067
London, ON N6A 6H8
T. 519-686-1573
Email: bflondon@rogers.com
Website: https://bfosw.ca/
Twitter: bfo_sw
Facebook: bfosw
Programs for families to be able to support their children during their grieving journey.
Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice
277 Stone Church Road East Hamilton, Ontario L9B 1B1
T. 905-387-2448
Contact: Sue Repa
Email: kemp.hospice@kemphospice.org Website: www.kemphospice.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobkemphospice
Facebook: Bobkemphospice
Grief support programs and individual counselling for children and youth aged 7 -17. Also offering programs for children with serious illnesses and their caregivers, as well as a bereavement camp for grieving children and teens.
Emily’s House
45 Jack Layton Way Toronto, Ontario M4M 0B7
T. 416-363-9196
Contact: Dan Dempster
Email: info@philipazizcentre.ca Website: www.emilyshouse.ca
Twitter: PACHospice
Facebook: PhilipAzizCentre
Hospice care for children.
Friends in Grief, Bay Gardens Funeral Home
947 Rymal Road East Hamilton, Ontario L8W 3M2
T. 905-318-0059
Email: hamilton@baygardens.ca Website: www.baygardens.ca/fig Instagram: @baygardens.funeralhome Twitter: baygardens
Facebook: baygardens.funeralhome
Grief and loss support programs for teens and adults.
Gilda’s Club of Greater Toronto
21 Cecil Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1N2
T. 416-214-9898
Contact: Katie Jacobs
Email: info@gildasclubtoronto.org
Website: www.gildasclubtoronto.org Instagram: @gildasclubtoronto
Twitter: gildastoronto
Facebook: GildasClubGreaterToronto
Provides support for children aged 4-18 whose lives have been touched by cancer.
Good Grief Resource Centre
936 Lorne Avenue London, Ontario N5W 3L1
T. 519-697-4541
Email: patchforkids@yahoo.ca Website: www.vonme.ca/hospice Facebook: GoodGriefResourceCentre
Grief and bereavement support programs for children and their families.
Heart House Hospice
855 Matheson Blvd East Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4L6
T. 905-712-8119
Contact: Jodi Pereira
Email: info@hearthousehospice.com
Website: www.hearthousehospice.com Instagram: @Hearthousehospice Twitter: HeartHouseHosp
Facebook: Hearthousehospice
Grief and bereavement support through individual and group counselling.
Hope House Community Hospice
350 Industrial Parkway South Aurora, Ontario L4G 3V7
T. 905-727-6815
Contact: Heidi Bonner
Email: info@hopehousehospice.com Website: www.hopehousehospice.com Twitter: hhchospice
Facebook: hopehousecommunityhospice
Grief and bereavement support groups for children, teens and adults. Offering summer camps for children and family wellness programs.
Hospice Huntsville
100 Frank Miller Drive Huntsville, Ontario P1H 1H7
T. 705-789-6878
Contact: Jane Weiland
Email: hospiceh@vianet.ca
Website: www.hospicehuntsville.com/grief-andbereavement-support/
Grief and bereavement support programs for children and adults.
Hospice Muskoka
15 Depot Drive Unit 217 Bracebridge, Ontario P1L 0A1
T. 705-646-1697
Contact: Sandra Windspear
Email: info@hospicemuskoka.com
Website: www.hospicemuskoka.com/grief-andbereavement-2/
Twitter: HospiceMuskoka
Facebook: HospiceMuskoka
Grief support programs for children and teens aged 5 – 18.
Hospice Niagara, The Stabler Centre
403 Ontario Street #2 St Catherines, Ontario L2N 1L5
T. 905-984-8766 Ext. 233
Contact: Melissa Penner
Email: info@hospiceniagara.ca
Website: www.hospiceniagara.ca/programs/ bereavement/
Grief support programs for children and youth aged 6 – 13 and their caregivers.
Hospice Outreach Programs of Elgin
141 Wellington St. Alymer, Ontario N5H 1R5
Email: hopeinelgin@gmail.com Website: www.hopeinelgin.com
T. 226-721-5901
Instagram: @HOPEinElgin1
Twitter: HOPEinElgin1
Facebook: HopeInElgin
Grief and loss support programs for children, teens and their families. Also offering informational resources for end of life, grief and bereavement.
Hospice Peterborough
325 London Street Peterborough, Ontario K9H 4E4
T. 705-742-4042
Contact: Sheila Bourgeois
Email: admin@hospicepeterborough.org
Website: www.hospicepeterborough.org Instagram: @Hospiceptbo
Twitter: Hospiceptbo
Facebook: HospicePeterborough
Variety of individual and group grief support programs for children, youth and adults. Also offering programs for families dealing with life threatening illnesses.
Hospice Quinte
2-470 Dundas Street East Belleville, Ontario, K8N 1G1
T. 613-966-6610
Contact: Jennifer May-Anderson Email:info@hospicequinte.ca
Website: www.hospicequinte.ca Instagram: @quintehospice
Twitter: HospiceQuinte/
Facebook: HospiceQuinte/
Grief support programs for children, youth and young adults aged 5 – 24 as well as parent and caregiver programs. Also offering “Grief Busters” summer day camp.
Hospice Vaughan Woodbridge
Woodbridge, Ontario L4L 2S6
T. 905-850-6266
Contact: Sean Gedney
Email: info@hospicevaughan.com Website: www.hospicevaughan.com/ services-and-programs/
Variety of grief support programs including children’s programs for children aged 4 – 12. Also offering in school grief support programs in the elementary and high school levels.
Hospice Waterloo Region, Hospice Family Centre
298 Lawrence Avenue Kitchener, Ontario N2M 1Y4
T. 519-743-4114
Contact: Judy Nairn Email:hospice@hospicewaterloo.ca
Website: www.hospicewaterloo.ca Instagram: @hospicewaterloo
Twitter: hospicewaterloo
Facebook: hospicewaterloo
Grief and bereavement programs for children aged 5 – 13.
Hospice Wellington
795 Scottsdale Drive Guelph, Ontario N1G 3R8
T. 519-836-3921
Contact: Wendy Borutski Email:info@hospicewellington.org Website: www.hospicewellington.org Instagram: @Hospice Wellington
Twitter: HospiceWell
Facebook: HospiceWellington
Grief support programs for children aged 6 – 13 and their families.
House of Hope -Burlington/Waterdown
5115 Harvester Road, unit 10 Burlington, Ontario L7L 6A2
T. 905-340-0431
Contact: Cheyl Ettinger
Email: info@houseofhopeontario.com
Website: www.houseofhopeontario.com/programs/
Loss support programs for children.
Hummingbird Centre for Hope
65 Hanson Ave Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2H6
T. 519-500-8535
Contact: Marny Williams
Email: marny@hummingbirdcentreforhope.com
Website: www.hummingbirdcentreforhope.com
Twitter: hummingbrdhope
Facebook: HummingbirdCentreHope
We provide education, support and community to Widowed Parents. Our LEGACY Family Day programs bring parent and children together so they can grieve, honor, share & remember as a family
Near North Palliative Care Network
2025 Main Street West North Bay, Ontario P1B 8G5
T. 705-497-9239
Contact: Monica Do Coutto Monni
Email: office@nnpcn.com
Website: www.nnpcn.com
Facebook: NearNorthPalliativeCareNetwork
Variety of grief and bereavement support programs for families. Also offering community resources for grief and end of life
Philip Aziz Centre
558 Gerrard Street East Toronto, Ontario M4M 1X8
T. 416-363-9196
Contact: Dan Dempster
Email: info@philipazizcentre.ca Website: www.philipazizcentre.ca Twitter: PAChospice_care
Facebook: PhilipAzizCentre
Hospice care, also offering grief and bereavement programs for children and adults.
The Coping Centre
1740 Blair Rd Cambridge, Ontario N3H 4R8
Email: coping@copingcentre.com Website: www.copingcentre.com
T. 519-650-0852
Contact: Glenn & Ros Crichton Facebook: theCopingCentre
Grief and bereavement support programs for children, teens, young adults and adults. Also offering summer camp programs for children.
Roger Neilson House
399 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L2
Email: info@rogerneilsonhouse.ca Website: www.rogerneilsonhouse.ca
T. 613-523-6300
Contact: Megan Wright
Instagram: @Rogerneilsonhouse
Twitter: RNeilsonHouse
Facebook: Rogerneilsonhouse
Variety of specialized grief support programs for children, youth and adults. Also offering end of life and respite care.
Rainbows Canada
80 Bradford Street Barrie, Ontario L4N 6S7
T. 705-726-7407
Contact: Helen McQuade
Email: info@rainbows.ca
Website: www.rainbows.ca
Instagram: @rainbowscanada Facebook: rainbowscanada
Variety of grief support programs for children, teens and adults. Also offering “Silver Linings” a community crisis response program.
Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
38 McDonald Street Barrie, Ontario L4M 1P1
T. 705-721-5437
Contact: Joan Kennedy
Email: johanna@grievingchildren.com Website: www.grievingchildren.com/programs/
Instagram: @seasonscentreforgrieving Twitter: seasons_centre
Facebook: Seasons-Centre-for-Grieving-Children
Grief and bereavement support programs for children, youth and adults. Also offering “Camp Skein” childrens overnight camp and training for the community
SickKids Hospital
555 University Ave Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
T. 416-813-7654
Contact: Lori Ives-Baine
Email: grief.support@sickkids.ca
Website: www.sickkids.ca
Grief and bereavement support programs for children and their families.
The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County
6038 Empress Street Windsor, Ontario N8T 1B5
T. 519-974-7100
Contact: Brianne Thompson
Email: reception@thehospice.ca
Website: www.thehospice.ca
Grief and bereavement support programs for children.
The Darling Home for Kids
5657 15 Side Road Milton, Ontario L9T 2X7
T. 905-878-1063
Contact: Kelley Dietrich
Email: info@darlinghomeforkids.ca Website: www.darlinghomeforkids.ca Instagram: @thedarlinghome4kids Twitter: darlinghome4kid
Facebook: darlinghomeforkids
Pediatric hospice, offering support for children and their families dealing with life limiting or life threatening illnesses.
The Lighthouse for Grieving Children
2522 Rebecca Street Oakville, Ontario L6J 6N8
T. 905-337-2333
Contact: Candace Ray Email: info@grievingchildrenlighthouse.org
Website: www.grievingchildrenlighthouse.org/ index.php
Instagram: @Lighthouse4grievingchildren
Twitter: Grieving_child
Facebook: Lighthouseprogramforgrievingchildren
Grief support programs for children and their caregivers. Offering telephone consultations for families. Also offering educational training and resources for the community
The Nightingale Centre
85 Norfolk Street Guelph, Ontario N1H 4J4
T. 519-265-9594
Email: info@nightingalecentre.org Website: www.nightingalecentre.org Instagram: @Nightingalecentre Twitter: Nightingalectre
Facebook: TheNightingaleCentre
Grief and suicide bereavement support programs for children and youth aged 6 – 18. Also offering educational workshops for the community
University of Toronto, Family Care Office
500 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 2V7
T. 416-948-0951
Email: dfcm.divisionpalliative@utoronto.ca
Website: www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/mf/grief
Grief and bereavement support programs as well as individual counselling. Also offering programs for Students.
VON – Middlesex-Elgin, Kids’ Circle Elgin County
175 South Edgeware Road St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 4C4
T. 519-637-6408
Contact: Becky Ahrens
Email: becky.ahrens@von.ca
Website: www.von.ca/en/middlesex-elgin/service/ childrens-bereavement-program
Grief and loss support programs for children aged 5 – 12
VON – Middlesex-Elgin, Kids’ Circle Middlesex County
274 Heat Street North Strathroy, Ontario N7G 4L7
T. 519-245-3170
Contact: Meagan Alexander
Email: meagan.alexander@von.ca Website: www.vonoxford.ca
Grief and bereavement support programs for children aged 5 – 12.
VON – Oxford Kids Circle Oxford County
550 Ingersoll Avenue Woodstock, Ontario N4S 4Y3
T. 519-537-8515
Contact: Anne Marie Wallace-Philips
Email: annemarie.wallace-philips@von.ca
Website: www.von.ca
Grief and bereavement support programs for children aged 5 -12.
Young Carers Initiative
318 Ontario Street Unit 7A St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 5L8
T. 905-932-7628
Contact: Michelle Lewis
Email: mlewis@powerhouseproject.ca
Website: www.youngcaregivers.ca
Twitter: Powerhouseprjct
Facebook: Powerhouseproject
Support for families with children and youth who are in a caregiving role for a loved one due to illness, disability or other factors
Young Carers Programs (EOL)
55 Eglinton Avenue East suite 502 Toronto, Ontario M4P 1G8
T. 416-364-1668
Contact: Jenna Nelson
Email: jenna.nelson@hospicetoronto.ca Website: www.ycptoronto.com
Twitter: ycptoronto
Facebook: ycptoronto
Support programs for youth who are in a caregiving role due to family illness, disability, addiction, mental illness or language barrier.