Adoption issues and re-connection with birth parents is a very important
aspect in helping to find out 'who I am' and 'where did I come from'. We
hope that the following web site links to various Canadian and
international adoption and
re-connection organizations will help you find your ancestors.
Adoption and
Re-Connection Organizations
Canadian
Adoptees Registry
A free service established in 1996. Online lists for adoptee, birth
parents and sibling searches.
CANADopt
CANADopt is a Canada wide adoption triad (adoptee, birth family,
adoptive parents) search and support group made up of volunteers across
Canada, the U.S. and other parts of the world.
Parent
Finders of Canada
Parent finders has 30 chapters throughout Canada. It is a non-profit
group that lobbies for open records, assists in searches and maintains
the Canadian Adoption Reunion Register (CARR) where birth info can be
filed. As of August 2000 there were 57,000 people registered. 15,000
reunions have taken place.
Adoption
Search
Online database search provided by the monks at Peace Monastery.
The Canadian Council of
Natural Mothers
Contact: Karen Lynn in Ontario and
Sandra Jarvie in Alberta.
Mouvement Retrouvailles is a non-profit, non-government
organization in Quebec. It is a support group for birth mothers and
adoptees. They can be reached at (418) 834-0751.
Adoption Council of Canada
An umbrella organization for adoption in Canada which raises public awareness of adoption, promotes placement of waiting children and stresses the importance of post-adoption services.
Coalition for Open
Adoption Records
COAR is made up of members of the adoption community who think adoption
records should be open. FamilyHelper.net
Various links to every aspect of adoption in Canada.
Adoption.com
A commercial web site offering links to their other affiliates,
newsletter, online groups and discussion lists. International
Soundex Reunion Registry
ISRR is a non-profit, humanitarian agency which serves and promotes, through the reunion registry, the interests of adults desiring and seeking a reunion with next-of-kin by birth.
Canadian Adoptees For Truth and Openness (CATO)
Adopted? Living with a fabricated
identity and not aware of it? Aware of your fabricated identity and want
your original one back? You’re at the right place . . .
Support Group for Adoptees and Natural Relatives of Ontario
This is a support group for adult adoptees and adult natural (birth)
relatives searching in Ontario, Canada who have been separated by
adoption and are hoping to reunite with their lost family. Canadian Contact Information - By
Province
Alberta Children's Services: Adoption
http://www.child.gov.ab.ca/
Ontario's Adoption Disclosure Registry:
http://www.cfcs.gov.on.ca/cfcs/en/programs/scs/adoptionsearch/publications/adoptreg.htm
British Columbia's Adoption Reunion Registry:
http://www.adoptionreunion.net/
New Brunswick Post Adoption Services:
http://www.gov.nb.ca
Newfoundland's Post Adoption Services:
Can be reached by phone at 709-729-3506.
Nova Scotia's Adoption Disclosure Service Program:
Can be reached by phone at 902-424-2755.
PEI's Adoption Disclosure Register:
http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/onelisting.php3?number=18536
Manitoba's Post Adoption Reunion Registry:
Can be reached by phone at (204) 945- 6964.
Saskatchewan Post Adoption Registry:
Can be reached by phone at 306-787-3654.
Quebec's Centre Jeunesse de Montreal Service de l'Adoption:
Can be reached by phone at 514-896-3155.
Batshaw Youth and Family Centre can be reached at 514-932-7161.
Nunavet's Director of Adoptions:
Can be reached by phone at (867) 975-5700. |
