Search Nonprofits

A registered charitable private agency that has been serving Ottawa since 1914. Throughout our history we have evolved and adapted to meet the needs of both clients and the community. Family Services a la famille Ottawa (FSFO) is dedicated to the health and well-being of the people of Ottawa. Our services are accessible, effective and our staff are talented and committed.

The story of one - the story of many... Think about one person receiving counselling. Now think about their family, children, partners, friends, co-workers and other who pass through their day to day lives. Counselling has a positive effect on everyone. When one person receives counselling others also benefit... when one person understands a community of people is changed. Welcome to Family Service Thames Valley, where we offer counselling services, group programs, credit counselling and workplace counselling, as well as the Community Integration Program (CIP)and youth and emerging adults based services of mindyourmind.

Family Plus/Life Solutions (formerly Family Services Saint John, Inc.) has been serving the Saint John area since 1929. The Agency is a private, not-for-profit organization helping men, women, children and families manage the challenges of today's living conditions. As well as serving the general public, Family Plus also holds contracts with provincial and federal government departments, for whom the Agency provides various professional services. We also contract with many businesses in New Brunswick to provide Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Our Agency works in conjunction with the other Family Service agencies in Canada, as well as being a member of Family Service Canada.

The Fondation De la Visite offers free at-home support to pregnant women and parents of newborn children in the 6 following districts of the Montreal area : Bordeaux-Cartierville, Côte Saint-Luc/Hampstead (territory of the CSSS René-Cassin), Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Lachine/Dorval, Montreal-North and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Five objectives lead the preventive action: break the isolation of local families and from abroad, increase parental skills, improve the parent-child relationship, facilitate the integration of immigrant families and ensure the quality and effectiveness of the intervention with the families.

FoodShare develops innovative programs and education to improve access to affordable and healthy food, reaching over 159,000 children and adults every single month. We take a long-term approach to hunger and food issues, working to empower individuals, families and communities through food-based initiatives “from field to table.” FoodShare mentors communities in drawing on their own strengths to adapt and grow tools and scalable solutions so that our work is leveraged exponentially. Our programs include Student Nutrition, Field to Table Schools, the Good Food Café (healthy cafeteria), Focus on Food youth internships, the Good Food Box, Mobile and Good Food Markets, Fresh Produce for Schools, School Grown, Community Kitchens, the FoodLink Hotline, Power Soups, Community Gardening, Composting, Beekeeping, School Grown, and Urban Agriculture.

"The Fort McMurray Food Bank is an organization of citizens who desire to enhance human dignity by eliminating chronic hunger in the provision of basic necessities."

The Northern Lights Health Foundation exists to raise funds for the purchase of medical equipment, programs and services at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre. All funds raised by the Foundation directly benefit our facility, staff and patients. The Northern Lights Regional Health Foundations is a non-profit registered charity. In the past fiscal year the Foundation raised over $3 million for the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre.

It is the philosophy of this Society that everyone has the right to enjoy a full and satisfying life. An important means to achieve this goal is through personal development and self-help. The Society believes that motivation for self-help can be instilled and nurtured through participation combined with support, facilitation and challenge.

Residential Care Respite program Adult Day Program Community Bathing Program

The Good Samaritan Society is a not-for-profit care giving organization. We provide holistic, compassionate support services and programs for individuals who are frail, or live with chronic illness or disability. Our Vision is that The Good Samaritan Society will grow in strength, excellence and creativity in caring for others. Our Values are Healthy Relationships, Hospitable Environments and Servant Leadership. In a spirit of compassion, we work in supportive partnerships and open our hearts to others by affirming their goodness and potential. We provide safe, comfortable communities inspiring involvement, where people experience a sense of caring, belonging and purpose. We lead through giving of ourselves to others, by acting with courage in a trustworthy and ethical manner.

Founded in 1965 by determined family members, Community Living – Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln is a not-for-profit charitable organization that serves all of West Niagara. Children, adults and their families are supported through a variety of programs that include one or several of the following services including adult day service, 24 hour supports at twelve adult residential homes & one children’s residence, children’s respite services, family support, family home share, special services at home and supported employment. Community Living – Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln serveS over 300 individuals annually.

We are committed to; working with our community to provide access to health programs and services and create opportunities for people to improve their well-being We believe that; Health is a resource for life and that many things - education, housing, social status, gender, access to health services, our sense of being included or excluded from society, employment and others - impact on our health. Health isn’t just about not being sick it is about being able to make choices and live with them. It’s about having a voice in our community, it’s about being able to hope and help your kids hope.