A free and confidential service that provides information and referrals on sexual health, pregnancy options, abortion, and safer sex.
Your Pregnancy Options
Services to support you after finding out you are pregnant, including pregnancy testing, testing for sexually transmitted infections and talking through pregnancy options. If you are unsure about your pregnancy and thinking about an abortion, the Patient Pathway can help you.
Action Canada Access Line
Toll-Free Number: 1-888-642-2725
Cell: 613-800-6757 xText
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to all.
No application required
Atwell Centre Pregnancy Support Services
Work: 905-393-8525
Work: 905-902-6082 (Text)
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to all
Contact for information. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments are preferred.
A non-profit agency committed to providing hope, compassionate and informative assistance for anyone facing an unexpected pregnancy. Services are free and confidential. They include:
- Medical grade pregnancy tests
- Pregnancy options support
- Point-of-care ultrasound
- STI testing and treatment
- Pregnancy and beyond support
- Post-abortion support
- Resources and referrals
- Male mentoring
- Sexual Health and Relationship Education (S.H.A.R.E) for teens, students, and teachers
- Baby Boutique - free maternity and baby clothes (NB – 2T)
Beginnings Family Services
Work: 905-528-6665
Toll-Free Number: 1-877-528-6665
Cost:
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Who can access this service: Service
Fees apply for adoptive families, infertility counselling, and embryo donation services.
None
No cost for services to birth families.
Open to all.
Contact for information.
Offers pregnancy, adoption, and parenting support through a child-centred approach. Dedicated to building and supporting healthy family relationships in an inclusive, non-judgmental environment.
Services include:
- Family support
- Community referrals
- Pregnancy counselling
- Adoption services
- Embryo donation services
- Education
Birthright Hamilton Pregnancy Support Services
Work: 905-527-3677
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to all.
Drop in or call to book an appointment.
Offers free, confidential emergency service for women distressed by pregnancy. Services include information about pregnancy, childbirth, adoption, prenatal care, community programs, parenting skills, and child care. Provides referrals for medical support, financial resources, housing, legal support, social assistance, and professional counseling. Provides free pregnancy tests, as well as maternity and baby items.
Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton Adoption and Fostering Services
Work: 905-525-2273
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
One parent must be of the Catholic faith. Parents must live in Hamilton, Burlington, Grimbsy/Smithville or Oakville.
Contact the organization to speak to an adoption worker. Or attend an adoption and fostering information session night
CCAS provides adoption and fostering education programs, home studies, adoption placement of children, post-placement counselling and support, and fulfillment of legal requirements to finalize placement of children for adoption.
This organization facilitates kinship adoption in which children needing out-of-home placements are paired with family members or other individuals known to the child/family.
As well this organization offers a program to provide education and encouragement for individuals and families to become involved in the fostering program to care for babies and adolescents involved with CCAS.
Hamilton Birth Control and Sexual Health Clinic Services
Work: 289-225-4322
Cost:
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Who can access this service: None
OHIP funded
Service
Private pay available for patients without OHIP, fees can be viewed on website.
Open to anyone of reproductive age.
Phone to make an appointment.
Offers a range of reproductive health services, including:
- IUD insertion and removal
- Nexplanon insertion and removal
- Birth control counselling
- Pregnancy options counselling
- Prenatal care (1st and 2nd trimester)
- Pap tests
- Menopause care
- STI testing and treatment
- Medication abortion care (up to and including 10w)
Hamilton Child and Family Supports Adoption and Fostering Services
Work: 905-522-1121 x6602
Sandra Chan, Resource Development
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Adoptive families can be couples who are married, common-law, same gender, single parents, families with children, and families of various religious and ethnic backgrounds.
For fostering, contact Sandra Chan at 905-522-1121 ext. 6602 or email schan@hamiltoncas.com. Interested applicants must attend a Fostering Information Night session prior to receiving an application package.
For adoption, send an email to adoptioninfo@hamiltoncas.com with:
- Full legal name(s)
- Date(s) of birth
- Address and phone numbers
- Email address(es)
Hamilton Child and Family Supports (formerly The Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton) provides adoption and fostering education programs, home studies, adoption placement of children, post-placement counselling and support, and fulfillment of legal requirements to finalize placement of children for adoption. It also facilitates kinship adoptions.
Health Connections Information Line
Work: 905-546-3550
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Prenatal, expectant parents, and families with children starting from birth to 6 years of age
No referral required. Call 905-546-3550 for service.
A telephone line answered by Public Health Nurses to provide information and assistance for expectant parents and families with children up to 6 years of age, on various health topics including:
- safety
- nutrition
- parenting
- mental health
- breastfeeding
- growth and development
Sexual Health Clinics
Work: 905-528-5894
Hours vary by location, visit the website for details
Clients must register at least 15 minutes before the clinic closes
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to people of all ages and genders. No health card required.
For registration purposes, individuals must bring a form of ID to ensure that the name and date of birth are correct.
Call to book an appointment or walk-in. No referral required. No health card required. For registration purposes, individuals must bring a form of ID to ensure that the name and date of birth are correct.
Offers confidential services to support sexual health.
Services include:
- low-cost birth control
- free emergency contraceptive pill
- urine pregnancy testing
- testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections
- access to harm reduction supplies
- free condoms
- Naloxone prevention kits
Visit the website to find the closest location.
Sexual Health Ontario Live Chat and Info Line
Toll-Free Number: 1-800-668-2437
Closed on statutory holidays.
Cost:
Who can access this service: None
Open to all.
Offered via phone or chat through website.
A free, anonymous live chat and phone line to speak with a counsellor or sexual health expert about sexual health, STIs (sexually transmitted infections), or reproductive health. There is also a searchable list of local clinics that can help with sexual health issues.
This is not meant to be used if there is a medical emergency.