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Camps
Children and teens
Briarpatch Family Life Education Centre
#207 48 Brentwood Boulevard
Sherwood Park, AB
T8A 2H5
1 587 269-3217
Camp Heal-A-Heart
712010, Rance Road 72A Wembley
Grade Prairie, AB
T8V 1B9
Counselling
Adults
Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone, Palliative and End-of-Life Care - Grief Support Program
Bob Glasgow Grief Support Centre, 3rd Floor, Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, 1820 Richmond Rd. SW
Calgary, AB
T2T 5C7
1 403 955-8011
The Bob Glasgow Grief Support Centre offers individual and group counselling for adults who have experienced the death of a family member or significant other. Various groups are run based on type of loss (e.g., loss of a parent).
Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association (AHPCA)
PO Box 47029 Calgary RPO Creekside
Calgary, AB
T3P 0B9
1 403 208-4208
The Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association (AHPCA) provides advocacy, education, and support through various programs and initiatives. There are support services for Albertans living with life-limiting illness and for those who are grieving. A Resource Directory provides information about palliative care services by both community and type of service.
Cardston Clinic
34 2nd Avenue West
Cardston, AB
T0K 0K0
1 403 653-3331
Children’s Grief Centre
1245 70 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 2X8
1 403 263-4525
Hospice Society of Camrose & District
Box 1891
Camrose, AB
T4V 1X8
1 780 608-0636
Palliative Home Care - Calgary Urban
Calgary, AB
1 403 943-1920
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre
Rosedale Hospice
920 7A Street NW
Calgary, AB
T2M 3J3
1 403 284-5195
Solace Grief Support Society
404-21 Street SE
High River, AB
T1V 1R7
Sundre Palliative Care Association
Sundre, AB
1 403 335-8481
Children and teens
Children’s Grief Centre
1245 70 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 2X8
1 403 263-4525
Hospice Society of Camrose & District
Box 1891
Camrose, AB
T4V 1X8
1 780 608-0636
Rosedale Hospice
920 7A Street NW
Calgary, AB
T2M 3J3
1 403 284-5195
Education
Adults
Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association (AHPCA)
PO Box 47029 Calgary RPO Creekside
Calgary, AB
T3P 0B9
1 403 208-4208
The Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association (AHPCA) provides advocacy, education, and support through various programs and initiatives. There are support services for Albertans living with life-limiting illness and for those who are grieving. A Resource Directory provides information about palliative care services by both community and type of service.
Cochrane and Area Hospice Society
H.E.A.R.T.S Baby Loss Support Program
Pilgrims Hospice Society - The Roozen Family Hospice Centre
9808 - 148 St.
Edmonton, AB
T5N 3E8
1 780 413-9801
Pilgrims Hospice Society provides compassionate care and support for individuals and families facing life-limiting illness, death and grief, whether at home, in their 12-suite residential hospice, or through community programs. Pilgrims Hospice Society offers free grief support programs including age-appropriate grief groups for children, teens and adults, along with education and outreach to schools, workplaces and community organizations.
SIDS Calgary Society
P.O. Box 84084 RPO Market Mall
Calgary, AB
T3A 5C4
1 403 265-7437
Children and teens
Bernie's Buddies
Circle of Life
712010, Rance Road 72A Wembley
Grade Prairie, AB
T8V 1B10
Pilgrims Hospice Society - The Roozen Family Hospice Centre
9808 - 148 St.
Edmonton, AB
T5N 3E8
1 780 413-9801
Pilgrims Hospice Society provides compassionate care and support for individuals and families facing life-limiting illness, death and grief, whether at home, in their 12-suite residential hospice, or through community programs. Pilgrims Hospice Society offers free grief support programs including age-appropriate grief groups for children, teens and adults, along with education and outreach to schools, workplaces and community organizations.
Other
Adults
Alberta Health Services - Infant and Pregnancy Loss Program
3942 50A Avenue
Red Deer, AB
T4N 4E7
1 403 944-8835
Angel Whisperers Baby Loss Support Program
9901 – 90 Street
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
T8L 3T1
1 780 998-5595 ext. 225
Angel Whispers is a non-denominational service for parents who have lost a baby shortly after birth, or during pregnancy; through miscarriage, molar or ectopic pregnancy, or stillbirth.
Avery’s Legacy
SIDS Calgary Society
P.O. Box 84084 RPO Market Mall
Calgary, AB
T3A 5C4
1 403 265-7437
Phone Support
Adults
Cochrane and Area Hospice Society
Foothills Country Hospice Society
322001 32nd Street E
Okotoks, AB
T1S 1A5
1 403 995-4673
Osten-Victor Living with Advanced Illness Centre
1246 70 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 2X9
1 403 263-4526
The Osten-Victor Living with Advanced Illness Centre services include individual and family counselling for clients of all ages living with any advanced illness. Family members and close friends are offered support from the point of diagnosis, for as long as needed. Group support is available for adults with advanced cancer and their caregivers through the Living With Cancer Program. Volunteers provide telephone bereavement support for Hospice Calgary families following a death.
Walking Through Grief
Children and teens
Walking Through Grief
Support Groups
Adults
Agapé Hospice
1302 8th Avenue NW
Calgary, AB
T2N 1B8
1 403 282-6588
Airdrie & District Hospice Society
Box 70014, Creekside RPO
Airdrie, AB
T4B 0V9
1 403 880-0424
Akasu Palliative Care Society
PO Box 623
Vegreville, AB
T9C 1R7
1 780 632-3331
Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone, Palliative and End-of-Life Care - Grief Support Program
Bob Glasgow Grief Support Centre, 3rd Floor, Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, 1820 Richmond Rd. SW
Calgary, AB
T2T 5C7
1 403 955-8011
The Bob Glasgow Grief Support Centre offers individual and group counselling for adults who have experienced the death of a family member or significant other. Various groups are run based on type of loss (e.g., loss of a parent).
BIPOC Healing & Wellness Centre
Noble Building, 8540 109 Street NW, #401
Edmonton, AB
T6G 1E6
1 587 760-1311
All of the BIPCO Healing & Wellness Centre team members are racialized people, and serve community members who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour. They specialize in therapy for BIPOC mental health, BIPOC grief, intergenerational trauma, racial trauma, healing from experiences of racism and discrimination, racial identity issues and identity-based trauma, cultural identity, as well as newcomer, immigrant and refugee mental health. Grief therapy is through an intersectional lens that provides culturally sensitive support.
Calgary Homicide Support Society
Calgary, AB
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Edmonton - Suicide Bereavement Support Services
#300, 10010 - 105 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
T5J 1C4
1 708 414-6300
Children’s Grief Centre
1245 70 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 2X8
1 403 263-4525
Compassionate Care Hospice Society - Hospice Suite
Good Samaritan Society Clearwater Center 5615 60 Street
Rocky Mountain House, AB
T4T 1W2
Foothills Country Hospice Society
322001 32nd Street E
Okotoks, AB
T1S 1A5
1 403 995-4673
Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society
Suite 204, 10134 - 97 Avenue
Grande Prairie, AB
T8V 7X6
1 780 897-0066
Grieving Parents Society of Edmonton
16214 – 118th Avenue, NW Entrance, 2nd floor Boardroom
Edmonton, AB
T5W 1G1
1 780 451-5381
H.E.A.R.T.S Baby Loss Support Program
Hospice Society of Camrose & District
Box 1891
Camrose, AB
T4V 1X8
1 780 608-0636
Intercare Southwood Care Centre
211 Heritage Drive SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 1M9
1 403 252-1194
Jewish Family Service of Edmonton - Grief and Loss Support Groups
100 – 8702 Meadowlark Road
Edmonton, AB
T5R 5W5
1 780 454-1194
Journey Through Loss of a Young Child
Olds & District Hospice Society
4920-50 Avenue PO Box 4231
Olds, AB
T4H 1P8
1 403 586-9992
Osten-Victor Living with Advanced Illness Centre
1246 70 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 2X9
1 403 263-4526
The Osten-Victor Living with Advanced Illness Centre services include individual and family counselling for clients of all ages living with any advanced illness. Family members and close friends are offered support from the point of diagnosis, for as long as needed. Group support is available for adults with advanced cancer and their caregivers through the Living With Cancer Program. Volunteers provide telephone bereavement support for Hospice Calgary families following a death.
Palliative Care Society of the Bow Valley
Pilgrims Hospice Society - The Roozen Family Hospice Centre
9808 - 148 St.
Edmonton, AB
T5N 3E8
1 780 413-9801
Pilgrims Hospice Society provides compassionate care and support for individuals and families facing life-limiting illness, death and grief, whether at home, in their 12-suite residential hospice, or through community programs. Pilgrims Hospice Society offers free grief support programs including age-appropriate grief groups for children, teens and adults, along with education and outreach to schools, workplaces and community organizations.
Prairie Rose Hospice Palliative Care Society
Bag 300, 440 3rd Street East
Brooks, AB
T1R 1B3
1 403 362-5663
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre
Rapid Access Counselling
250, 707 – 10 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
T2R 0B3
1 877 244-2360
Red Deer Hospice Society
Solace Grief Support Society
404-21 Street SE
High River, AB
T1V 1R7
Strong Daughters YYC
Sundre Palliative Care Association
Sundre, AB
1 403 335-8481
Walking Through Grief
Children and teens
Agapé Hospice
1302 8th Avenue NW
Calgary, AB
T2N 1B8
1 403 282-6588
Airdrie & District Hospice Society
Box 70014, Creekside RPO
Airdrie, AB
T4B 0V9
1 403 880-0424
Briarpatch Family Life Education Centre
#207 48 Brentwood Boulevard
Sherwood Park, AB
T8A 2H5
1 587 269-3217
Children’s Grief Centre
1245 70 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 2X8
1 403 263-4525
Cornerstone of Hope Alberta Society
Have a program for children mourning separation and divorce (90% funded). Also have a GriefShare program, which is a church initiative and is 50% funded. Uses a mix of videos and discussion.
Hospice Society of Camrose & District
Box 1891
Camrose, AB
T4V 1X8
1 780 608-0636
Pilgrims Hospice Society - The Roozen Family Hospice Centre
9808 - 148 St.
Edmonton, AB
T5N 3E8
1 780 413-9801
Pilgrims Hospice Society provides compassionate care and support for individuals and families facing life-limiting illness, death and grief, whether at home, in their 12-suite residential hospice, or through community programs. Pilgrims Hospice Society offers free grief support programs including age-appropriate grief groups for children, teens and adults, along with education and outreach to schools, workplaces and community organizations.
Walking Through Grief
Indigenous
BIPOC Healing & Wellness Centre
Noble Building, 8540 109 Street NW, #401
Edmonton, AB
T6G 1E6
1 587 760-1311
All of the BIPCO Healing & Wellness Centre team members are racialized people, and serve community members who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour. They specialize in therapy for BIPOC mental health, BIPOC grief, intergenerational trauma, racial trauma, healing from experiences of racism and discrimination, racial identity issues and identity-based trauma, cultural identity, as well as newcomer, immigrant and refugee mental health. Grief therapy is through an intersectional lens that provides culturally sensitive support.
National
Advocacy
Adults
Canadian Grief Alliance
The Canadian Grief Alliance, is a group of leading grief specialists and 160 national and regional health organizations that was founded by the Canadian Virtual Hospice. The CGA actively advocates for improved access to grief support, expanded public education on grief, and dedicated funding for grief research.
Children and teens
Canadian Alliance for Children's Grief
The Canadian Alliance for Children's Grief (CACG) is a national group of professionals working together to ensure the accessibility of bereavement support and information to grieving children and their families. CACG seeks to address the barriers experienced by organizations providing services to grieving children and youth and strengthen the support offered to local communities.
Online Resources
Adults
Canadian Virtual Hospice
The Canadian Virtual Hospice provides support and personalized information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss and grief, to people living with illness, family members, people working in healthcare, educators, and researchers. The website includes discussion forums and an Ask a Professional feature.
KidsGrief.ca
KidsGrief.ca is a free online resource that helps parents support their children when someone in their life is dying or has died. It equips parents with the words and confidence needed to help children grieve life’s losses in healthy ways.
MyGrief.ca
MyGrief.ca is an online and free resource to help people move through their grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own pace. It can help you understand your grief and approach some of the most difficult questions that may arise. It was developed by people who have experienced the death of someone important to them and grief specialists. It complements existing community resources and helps address barriers to grief services.
Children and teens
YouthGrief.ca
YouthGrief.ca has been developed — from content to art to design — by grieving youth, for grieving youth. It shares wisdom, experiences, and advice from more than 30 young people who’ve been there, and know what it’s like to grieve when someone you care about has died.
Business/Corporate
Adults
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association - Canadian Compassionate Companies
M332 – 1554 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON
K1Z 7M4
1 613 241-3663
Companies can apply for CHPCA's Canadian Compassionate Companies certification to demonstrate to the public, their partners, and to current and future employees, that they provide a compassionate work environment for their teams, particularly for employee caregivers and those experiencing grief.
Pallium - Compassionate Workplace Campaign
The Compassionate Workplace Campaign offers a practical facilitated workshop to help companies improve their ‘care culture’ by proactively supporting working caregivers and those among us who are grieving.
Counselling
Adults
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services
1 800 268-7708
The Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services is a 24/7, bilingual telephone service that offers professional counselling to a parent, a spouse, children/step children, a fiancé(e), and any other person of significance to the CAF member who has died while serving. An appointment will be arranged within a maximum of 48 hours. Short and long term counselling options are available and are free of charge.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Family Information Line (FIL)
1 800 866-4546
The Family Information Line (FIL) is a 24/7, confidential, bilingual service offering information, support, referrals, reassurance, and crisis management by professional counsellors to Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, and their families. FIL hosts a moderated forum where teens can connect and support one another as only peers can, and will also schedule live chats just for teens.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Shoulder to Shoulder
1 800 866-4546
The Shoulder to Shoulder website provides information and links to services and supports for families of Canadian Armed Forces personnel who have died while serving. Services include professional and peer support, help with navigating systems, information about available benefits/entitlements, and resources for children and youth.
Hope for Wellness Helpline
The Hope for Wellness Helpline is available to all Indigenous people across Canada. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are reachable by telephone and online ‘chat’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Children and teens
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services
1 800 268-7708
The Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services is a 24/7, bilingual telephone service that offers professional counselling to a parent, a spouse, children/step children, a fiancé(e), and any other person of significance to the CAF member who has died while serving. An appointment will be arranged within a maximum of 48 hours. Short and long term counselling options are available and are free of charge.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Family Information Line (FIL)
1 800 866-4546
The Family Information Line (FIL) is a 24/7, confidential, bilingual service offering information, support, referrals, reassurance, and crisis management by professional counsellors to Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, and their families. FIL hosts a moderated forum where teens can connect and support one another as only peers can, and will also schedule live chats just for teens.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Shoulder to Shoulder
1 800 866-4546
The Shoulder to Shoulder website provides information and links to services and supports for families of Canadian Armed Forces personnel who have died while serving. Services include professional and peer support, help with navigating systems, information about available benefits/entitlements, and resources for children and youth.
Indigenous
Hope for Wellness Helpline
The Hope for Wellness Helpline is available to all Indigenous people across Canada. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are reachable by telephone and online ‘chat’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Crisis Lines
Adults
Canadian Mental Health Association Distress Line – 24 hour support
Crisis Services Canada
National Suicide Crisis Line
9-8-8 provides a safe space to talk, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. When you call or text 9-8-8, you will reach a responder at one of nearly 40 local, provincial and territorial, and national crisis lines, who co-deliver the service.
Children and teens
Crisis Services Canada
Kids Help Phone
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. They offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French.
Education
Adults
Alzheimer Society of Canada
The Alzheimer Society of Canada provides general information and resources on living with dementia and caring for a person living with dementia. Province specific societies are linked from their website.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - HOPE
1 800 883-6094
The HOPE (Helping Our Peers by Providing Empathy) Program offers continuous peer support and education on grief to help bereaved military families better understand grief process and learn coping strategies. Services are available to adult family members in the military and Veteran community at any point in time, and the death does not have to be attributed to military service.
Canadian Mental Health Association
The Canadian Mental Health Association provides general information and resources on mental health. Use the finder to locate a CMHA branch in your area.
Pallium - Compassionate Workplace Campaign
The Compassionate Workplace Campaign offers a practical facilitated workshop to help companies improve their ‘care culture’ by proactively supporting working caregivers and those among us who are grieving.
Other
Adults
Association Parents Orphelins
4545, Pierre-de-Coubertin Avenue
Montreal, QC
H1V 0B2
1 514 686-4880
Association Parents Orphelins' mission is to help other parents through this difficult ordeal by breaking the isolation, by documenting, by informing and by educating the population of Québec on the subject of pregnancy and infant grief. The Association encourages mutual assistance among bereaved parents in Québec, health care professionals and supporters to the cause.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - HOPE
1 800 883-6094
The HOPE (Helping Our Peers by Providing Empathy) Program offers continuous peer support and education on grief to help bereaved military families better understand grief process and learn coping strategies. Services are available to adult family members in the military and Veteran community at any point in time, and the death does not have to be attributed to military service.
Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime
The Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC) provides support, research, and education to survivors of serious crime and stakeholders in Canada. All services are free of charge and confidential. Bilingual assistance and advocacy is offered. Offers a monthly homicide support group.
Grief Matters
Works to help Canadians better understand and make room for grief, through creative, community-based activities. Can help plan and promote grief literacy events.
Phone Support
Adults
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services
1 800 268-7708
The Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services is a 24/7, bilingual telephone service that offers professional counselling to a parent, a spouse, children/step children, a fiancé(e), and any other person of significance to the CAF member who has died while serving. An appointment will be arranged within a maximum of 48 hours. Short and long term counselling options are available and are free of charge.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Family Information Line (FIL)
1 800 866-4546
The Family Information Line (FIL) is a 24/7, confidential, bilingual service offering information, support, referrals, reassurance, and crisis management by professional counsellors to Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, and their families. FIL hosts a moderated forum where teens can connect and support one another as only peers can, and will also schedule live chats just for teens.
Hope for Wellness Helpline
The Hope for Wellness Helpline is available to all Indigenous people across Canada. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are reachable by telephone and online ‘chat’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
National Suicide Crisis Line
9-8-8 provides a safe space to talk, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. When you call or text 9-8-8, you will reach a responder at one of nearly 40 local, provincial and territorial, and national crisis lines, who co-deliver the service.
Children and teens
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services
1 800 268-7708
The Canadian Forces Member Assistance Program (CFMAP) and Bereavement Services is a 24/7, bilingual telephone service that offers professional counselling to a parent, a spouse, children/step children, a fiancé(e), and any other person of significance to the CAF member who has died while serving. An appointment will be arranged within a maximum of 48 hours. Short and long term counselling options are available and are free of charge.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Family Information Line (FIL)
1 800 866-4546
The Family Information Line (FIL) is a 24/7, confidential, bilingual service offering information, support, referrals, reassurance, and crisis management by professional counsellors to Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, and their families. FIL hosts a moderated forum where teens can connect and support one another as only peers can, and will also schedule live chats just for teens.
Kids Help Phone
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. They offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French.
Indigenous
Hope for Wellness Helpline
The Hope for Wellness Helpline is available to all Indigenous people across Canada. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are reachable by telephone and online ‘chat’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Support Groups
Adults
Association Parents Orphelins
4545, Pierre-de-Coubertin Avenue
Montreal, QC
H1V 0B2
1 514 686-4880
Association Parents Orphelins' mission is to help other parents through this difficult ordeal by breaking the isolation, by documenting, by informing and by educating the population of Québec on the subject of pregnancy and infant grief. The Association encourages mutual assistance among bereaved parents in Québec, health care professionals and supporters to the cause.
Bridge C-14
Ottawa, ON
Bridge C-14 is a network created to help individuals to build meaningful connections of peer support through all stages of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Services include one-to-one peer support; peer-to-peer drop-in sessions and support groups for individuals choosing MAiD, those supporting someone through MAiD, or people grieving a MAiD death; and support for those journeying with someone who has requested MAiD.
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Shoulder to Shoulder
1 800 866-4546
The Shoulder to Shoulder website provides information and links to services and supports for families of Canadian Armed Forces personnel who have died while serving. Services include professional and peer support, help with navigating systems, information about available benefits/entitlements, and resources for children and youth.
Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime
The Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC) provides support, research, and education to survivors of serious crime and stakeholders in Canada. All services are free of charge and confidential. Bilingual assistance and advocacy is offered. Offers a monthly homicide support group.
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP)
Grief Recovery After Substance Passing (GRASP) is a US-based organization created to offer understanding, compassion, and support for those who have lost someone they love through addiction and overdose. Services include a mailing list, local meetings (AB, BC, ON, QC), and resources. Links are provided to search for a local chapter.
Grief Share
Healing Hearts
Healing Hearts is a monthly peer support group for anyone aged 18 or over who is grieving a death due to substance use. There are chapters across Canada, including virtual groups. Contact information for chapters appears on this page.
MAiD Family Support Society
MAiD Family Support Society is a registered charity that provides one-to-one peer support and community connection for those supporting someone choosing MAiD or grieving a loss due to MAiD. Peer support is provided by volunteers with lived experience.
Moms Stop The Harm
PO Box 24033, RPO Broadmead
Victoria, BC
V8X 0B2
Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) is a network of Canadian families impacted by substance-use-related harms and deaths that advocates for the change of failed drug policies, provides peer support to grieving families, and assists those with loved ones who use or have used substances. Support groups include Holding Hope for those supporting someone struggling with substance use and the Healing Hearts Grief Support Group.
Soaring Spirits Canada
110-1101 Prince of Wales Drive
Ottawa, ON
K2C 3W7
1 877 671-4071 ext. 716
The Compassionate Friends of Canada
c/o 31 Maplehill Way
Ottawa, ON
K2C 3H1
1 866 823-0141
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - Alberta Chapters
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - BC Chapters
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - Manitoba Chapters
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
Threads of Life
Offer medium- and long-term family support services for individuals and families who have been affected by a workplace tragedy.
Children and teens
Canadian Forces Morale & Wellness Services - Shoulder to Shoulder
1 800 866-4546
The Shoulder to Shoulder website provides information and links to services and supports for families of Canadian Armed Forces personnel who have died while serving. Services include professional and peer support, help with navigating systems, information about available benefits/entitlements, and resources for children and youth.
Rainbows for All Children
Rainbows for All Children offers a variety of grief support programs for children, teens, and adults, as well as "Silver Linings," a community crisis response program for youth whose lives are changing due to outside influences. These programs are offered across the world and locations can be searched from the website.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada
c/o 31 Maplehill Way
Ottawa, ON
K2C 3H1
1 866 823-0141
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - Alberta Chapters
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - BC Chapters
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
The Compassionate Friends of Canada - Manitoba Chapters
The Compassionate Friends is an international, non-profit, non-denominational, self-help organization offering peer support through friendship, understanding, grief education, and hope to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause. There are chapters across Canada holding monthly sharing circles, phone support and as well, virtual groups for parents and siblings.
International
Children and teens
Rainbows for All Children
Rainbows for All Children offers a variety of grief support programs for children, teens, and adults, as well as "Silver Linings," a community crisis response program for youth whose lives are changing due to outside influences. These programs are offered across the world and locations can be searched from the website.