Delivers comprehensive oral health care, including surgery and emergency services, to infants, and to medically compromised children and adolescents. Medical eligibility criteria apply. Referral from a dentist and appointment required. Hours are 7 am to 4 pm M...

Serves families with young children birth to school-age who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deafblind. Family-centred early intervention promotes successful communication between children and their families. Services include support groups, information, speech a...

Serves families with young children birth to school-age who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deafblind. Family-centred early intervention promotes successful communication between children and their families. Services include support groups, information, speech a...

Provides specialized gynecological services, in particular for women with chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis. Offers pain education workshops, pelvic floor physiotherapy, clinical counselling, medical management, and surgery. Physician referral required. Ho...

Provincial facility delivering a wide range of health services to women, newborns, and families. Provides province-wide tertiary services for women, as well as primary and secondary services for women and families in the Lower Mainland. An agency of Provincial...

Provides pasteurized donor human milk to premature and sick babies whose own mothers can't provide any or enough breast milk. The Milk Bank screens milk donors, collects and pasteurizes donated milk, and distributes it to hospitals across BC. Donor milk is ava...

Breeds, raises, and trains guide dogs for individuals who are blind or visually-impaired; Autism service dogs for children with profound autism ages three to 10 and their families; and OSI-PTSD service dogs for veterans, RCMP and First Responders with post-tra...

Provides expectant parents and new parents with babies up to 12 months of age opportunities to support each other and find out about available parenting resources. Program includes guest speakers, socializing opportunities, and refreshments. Runs from 11 am to...

A free weekly educational support group for mothers of infants up to six months of age, who are experiencing emotional, social, financial, and/or health challenges. Class topics include child development, mother's mental health, car seat safety, feeding baby, ...

A free weekly educational playgroup for parents with infants ages six to 18 months. Topics include child development, health, safety, and nutrition. Provides opportunities for parent-child play as well as parent socialization. Snacks and bus tickets are provid...

Accepts and redistributes gently used equipment, clothing, and products for infants and children to families in need in Metro Vancouver; families must be referred by a participating social service organization listed on the website. Accepts donations of gently...

Offers support and guidance to women who are struggling with unplanned pregnancy; pro-life orientation. Provides information on pregnancy and alternatives to abortion, free confidential pregnancy testing, and ongoing assistance such as free maternity and baby ...

Provides free books for children ages two to 12 whose families cannot afford to purchase them; one free book per visit. Volunteers collect and sort through gently used books from schools, families, and community and business organizations, and distribute them ...

Family centre offers education and support for parents and caregivers with young children from birth to age six. Focus is on strength-based family support that promotes connections between parents and their children, families, and the community. Provides devel...

Offers clinical support and information to breastfeeding families in hospital and as outpatients. Also provides information and support to healthcare providers throughout BC. Nurse Lactation Consultants consult with women in BC Women's, hold breastfeeding oupa...

A team of nurses, social workers and program staff provide home-based parenting support to families in Vancouver from their last trimester of pregnancy until their first-born reaches the age of five. Services include health and development monitoring, nutritio...

Drop-in program for parents or caregivers and their children, newborn to school-age. Offers a place for adults to socialize and for children to learn and play. Provides parents with information through visits from nurses, educators, and others. Office and prog...

Family-centred program for children from birth to age three who live in Burnaby and have, or are at risk of having, a developmental delay. Supports parents to understand and respond to children's needs. Home-based services include home visits, developmental as...

Provides information and referral services, and promotes community connections. In cooperation with other service providers, offers programs for families, youth, and seniors. Family services include family drop-ins for children up to age five and their caregiv...

Offers one-stop access to information, referrals, and support services for Francophone families with children from birth to age six in Vancouver. Offered at two sites: Ecole Anne Hebert (7051 Killarney Street) and the FPFCB office (223-1555 West 7th Avenue). P...

Provides services for women experiencing an unintended pregnancy, or who require an abortion for genetic or medical reasons. Includes decision-making counselling, pre- and post-abortion counselling, and surgical abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy. Prov...

Fee-for-service program offers one-on-one virtual sessions with a behaviour consultant, speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist, or physiotherapist. Works with children who have challenging behaviours, speech-language and communications deficits, o...

Licensed group child care for children from birth to five years of age. Hours are 7 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday year-round, except closed on statutory holidays and between Christmas and New Year. Registration is required. Fees are charged; subsidies may be ava...

Association of pro-life crisis pregnancy centres operating in Canada; website contains a directory of affiliated crisis pregnancy centres. Provides advice on how to start a crisis pregnancy centre, including a manual that can be purchased, as well as networkin...

Association dedicated to assisting individuals who are deafblind to achieve the best quality of life possible. Recognizes the right of every individual with deafblindness to receive lifelong Intervention Services in order to ensure a safe, healthy living envir...