Home Hospice Association prenatal and perinatal hospice with services available in cities including Cambridge, Guelph, Hamilton-Halton, Kitchener, Niagara, Ottawa, Toronto.
Alberta
Calgary: Alberta Children’s Hospital Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Service, also accepting referrals for perinatal hospice. Contact: Clinical nurse specialist Kathryn da Silva, (403) 955-5460.
Calgary
Family Physician Navigator program, accepting referrals (from physicians or self-referrals) for family physician support to navigate high risk pregnancies with life-limiting illnesses. Contact: Dr. Thomas Bouchard, (403) 271-5124.
Edmonton
Capital Health Pediatric Palliative Care Program, Child Health Program. Contact: (780) 407-7210 (physician) or (780) 407-7652 (nurse coordinator), the ASSIST team at Stollery Children’s Hospital, or email Tara Wren at tara.wren@capitalhealth.ca.
British Columbia
Vancouver: Canuck Place Children’s Hospice offers comprehensive pediatric hospice and palliative care, including perinatal support. Phone: (604) 731-4847.
Manitoba
Winnipeg: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Palliative Care Program, including perinatal consultation and support. Contact: (204) 237-2400.
Ontario
London: London Health Sciences Centre Perinatal Hospice. Contact: Genetic counsellor Stephanie Ho, Medical Genetics Program, (519) 685-8500, ext. 52428.
Hamilton
McMaster Children’s Hospital Quality of Life and Advanced Care (QoLA Care), including perinatal palliative care. Contact: Jennifer Callen, nurse practitioner – pediatrics, 905-521-2100 x73373 or email qolacare@hhsc.ca.
Ottawa
Roger Neilson Children’s Hospice, offering perinatal palliative care in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Contact: Perinatal Hospice Coordinator Lesley Sabourin RN CHPCN(C), (613) 523-6300 x 4671.
Mississauga
Trillium Health Partners perinatal and paediatric palliative care services. Contact: Palliative care facilitator Gurjit Sangha, (905) 813-1100 ext. 6573.
Toronto
University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Paediatric Advanced Care Team, including antenatal support. Contact: Palliative care and grief support coordinator RN Lori Ives-Baine, (416) 813-6782. Toronto, Ontario
Nova Scotia
Halifax: IWK Health Pediatric Advanced Care Team. Contact: (902) 470-7262 to connect with the team’s physicians and clinical nurse specialist.
Québec
Montreal: Montreal Children’s Hospital/McGill University Health Centre Pediatric Palliative Care Program, including antenatal consultations and bereavement follow-up.
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Source: Perinatal Hospice, a website that provides up-to-date information about providers.
