Information on caring for young children?

See also:

Alcohol/Drugs/Tobacco

• Support to Quit Smoking- Government of Ontario
• Smokers’Helpline
• Breathe – The Lung Association

 Finding Services

• 211 Ontario – Find services near you
• EarlyON child and family centre – Ontario Ministry of Education
• EI Maternity and Parental Benefits – Government of Canada
• Finding Quality Childcare
• Tax Credit and Benefits – Government of Ontario
• Find a Family Doctor or Nurse Practitioner – Government of Ontario
• Nobody’s Perfect Parenting – Public Health Agency of Canada
• Health Services in Your Community – Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
• Eye See… Eye Learn – The Ontario Association of Optometrists
• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children – Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
• Parent-Child Mother Goose Program

Exposure and Environmental Health

• AllergyCheck
• Children’s Health and Safety Association
• Hidden Exposures – HealthyEnvironmentForKids.ca
• Kids Health and Safety – Government of Canada
• Ontario Poison Centre
• Parachute – Preventing Injuries, Saving Lives
• Is your Child Safe? – Health Canada

For Dads

• 24 Hour Cribside Assistance for new dads
• Dad Central
• When Dad Gets the Blues – Strong Fathers Journal

Vaccinations

• A Parent’s Guide to Vaccination – Government of Canada
• CANImmunize – A digital immunization record for Canadians
• Immunization – Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Immunize Canada

General information

• Canadian Institute of Child Health
• Canadian Child Care Federation
• Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
• Dental Care for Children – Canadian Dental Association
• Are You a New Parent? – Public Health Agency of Canada
• Caring for kids – Canadian Paediatric Society
• Choose and Install a Child Car Seat – Ontario Ministry of Transportation
• New Parents – Healthy Families BC
• Having a Baby – Service Canada
• The Period of Purple Crying
• e-Parenting Network
• Better Beginnings, Better Futures
• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) – Public Health Agency of Canada
• Families Canada (formerly known as Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs)
• Welcome to Parenting
• Triple P Ontario
• Supporting Children’s Growth – Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Service
• Special Needs – Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
• Rourke Baby Record
• Parenting in Ottawa
• Parents Matter
• Parents Without Partners
• Safe at School
• Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International
• Mothercraft
• Looksee Checklist (previously known as Ndds Ontario)

 LGBTQIA+

• Colage
• LGBTQ Parenting Connection – Rainbow Health Ontario
• PFLAG Canada

Mental Health

• A Simple Gift – Infant Mental Health Promotion
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Here to help – Mental Health and Substance Use
• Infant Mental Health Promotion – Sickkids
• Mental Health Helpline – Government of Ontario
• Mood Disorders Association of Ontario
• The On-line PPMD Support Group

Multiple births

• Twins, Triplets and More!
• Multiple Births Canada

Nutrition

• AllergyCheck
• Bilingual On-line Ontario Breastfeeding Services – Best start Resource Centre
• Food guide snapshot – Government of Canada
• Dieticians of Canada
• Eat Right Ontario
• Food Banks Canada
• Food and nutrition – Health Canada
• Canada’s food guide – Government of Canada
• Nutrition Screening
• International Lactation Consultant Association

Physical activity/Sport

• A Hop, A Skip and a Jump: Enhancing Physical Literacy
• Active for Life – Raising physically literate kids.
• Mothers in Motion – Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport
• Exercise and Have Fun – for parents
• Exercise and Have Fun – for Grand-Parents
• Play Sports Canada
• Sport for Life
• Have a Ball Together – Best Start Resource Centre

Violence

• Ontario Network of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
• Sheltersafe