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Canada - Support Groups


   
Support Group Meeting Date/Time Facilitator/Contact
Open group for caregivers of aging relatives or friends Last Thursdays  at 6:00 pm Kiet Fung
Second Mile Club of Toronto
340 College Street, Toronto
416-597-0841
kiettu@hotmail.com 
This support group is for informal caregivers caring for a chronically ill adult family member or friend Caregiver Support Group series is offered various times per year- registration required Saskatoon Health Region -  Community Services Social Work, Saskatoon Health Region,
306-655-3400


 
Caregivers of chronically ill or disabled loved ones 2nd Tuesdays except July and August, from 1:15 - 3:00 pm Judy Vermette and Leann Keach
Providence Place, 100 2nd. Ave. NE, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan,
Canada S6H 1B8
(306) 694-8133
mj.fsb@sk.sympatico.ca
Caregivers of elderly
British Columbia
1st and 3rd Tuesdays Wynnn Ann Takkinen
 604-423-3219
wynnann@hotmail.com
 
Education series for family caregivers of adults with chronic health conditions
Series consists of 4 weekly sessions, offered at various locations and times of day--repeated during the year. Pre-registration required
Weekly day or evening 2-hour sessions over 4 weeks Victorian Order of Nurses
Hamilton, Ontario 905-523-1055
All caregivers are welcome 2nd Tuesdays beginning at 1:30 p.m. Isobel Gemmell
180 McCarter Street Parksville
British Colombia, Canada V9P 2H3
(250) 951-9501
 

 

 1st Mondays at 7 pm. Call FCN at (250)384-0408 to find out more information. 526 Michigan Street
Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1S2, CANADA.
1.250.384.0408
Any caregiver   Audrey Henderson
Family Caregiver Centre 1509 Centre St. S. Calgary Alberta, Canada T2G 2E6
(403) 303-6048
Open group to all caregivers Last Mondays Kiet Fung
Second Mile Club of Toronto
340 College St. #350
Toronto, Canada M5T 3A9
(416)597-0841
kiettu@hotmail.com
Waterloo Wellington County
Brain Injury survivors support
Brain Injury caregivers

includes guest speakers
 
Quarterly  at 7 pm usually 2nd TuesdaysMeets at the Opportunity Centre
Call for more information
519-579-5300
 
Brain Injury Association
Waterloo Wellington
The O.C. Opportunity Centre
607 King St West, Kitchener
 519 579-5300
biaww@bellnet.ca
 
Any caregiver...this is a self-help group, not a support group. 4th Wednesdays 10 AM - noon.
 
Giri
Alberta Caregivers Association
14220 - 109 Avenue
Edmonton Alberta,
Canada T5N 4B3
(780) 447-9303
giri@AlbertaCaregiversAssociation.org
Support Group for Adult Children Caring and Supporting Aging Parents - Also open to friends and neighbors Last Fridays from 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Drop-In Group
 
Doneka Simmons
Society for the Retired and
Semi-Retired
15 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Canada T5J 2E5
780.423.5510
dsimmons@srsr-seniors.com
Grandparent and kinship support for those raising kin and those being denied access. Check group page on website Betty Cornelius
Cangrands National Kinship Support
2580 Hartsmere Road
McArthurs Mills,
Ont. Canada K0L2M0
613-474-0035
grandma@cangrands.com
It is a free service offered to caregivers who take care of an elderly loved one who is ill or loosing his or her independence. Respite group on Fridays

Help prevent exhaustion of caregivers
Brome-Missisquoi Caregivers Support Group
South Street
Cowansville, QC J2K 2N7
450-266-4236
info@rsabm.qc.ca
 

FAMILY GROUP provides support for friends or family caregivers of a person with a mental illness. Alternate Tuesdays @6:45pm.
Call 604-873.0103 or email info@mdabc.net for the date of the next meeting.
Mood Disorders Assoc. of BC - MDA
202 - 2250 Commercial Dr.
Vancouver BC V5N5P9
604-873-0103
media@mdabc.net