Licensed agencies and individuals for private adoptions
Learn about and contact private adoption licensees (licensed agencies and individuals) for domestic and international adoptions in Ontario.
Licensed agencies and individuals for private domestic adoptions
If you are going through the private domestic adoption process (you are privately adopting a child who lives in Canada), contact one of these agencies or individuals to help you complete the required steps.
Licensed agencies for private domestic adoptions
Find a private adoption agency that can place children for domestic adoption in Ontario. All agencies on this list are licensed by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
Beginnings Family Services
Medical Arts Building
#520 – One Young Street
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 1T8
Email: info@beginnings.ca
JFJ Hope Centre Adoption Services
#5 – 6655 Kitimat Road
Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 6J4
Email: helpline@jfjhopecentre.ca
Licensed individuals for private domestic adoptions
Find an individual who is a private adoption licensee and can place children for domestic adoption in Ontario. All individuals on this list are licensed by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
Ottawa
Maryanne King
3229 Carriage Hill Place
Ottawa, Ontario
K1T 3X5
Email: maryanne@maryanneking.com
Stratford
Kathryn M. Ritsma
6 Wellington Street
P.O. Box 846
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 6W3
Email: ritsma@stratfordlawyers.com
Timmins
Justin Ellery
135 Algonquin Blvd. East
Timmins, Ontario
P4N 1A6
Email: info@adoptionone.ca
Toronto
Cheryl Appell
#306 – 10 Alcorn Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 3A9
Email: appell@dicksonappell.com
Licensed agencies and individuals for private international adoptions
Find agencies and individuals that can help you adopt a child from certain specified countries outside of Canada. If you are going through the international adoption process, contact one of these agencies or individuals to help you complete the required steps.
All agencies and individuals on this list are licensed by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to facilitate adoptions from the specific countries.
Adoptionworx (Canada) Inc.
Victoria O’Toole
Email: adoptionworx@rogers.com
Countries: Albania
CARC-International Adoption
Michaela Nitescu
Toronto, Ontario
Email: carcadoption@gmail.com
Countries: Bulgaria, Romania (Romanian nationals only)
Cheryl Appell
#306 – 10 Alcorn Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 3A9
Email: appell@dicksonappell.com
Countries: Morocco
Cornerstone Adoption Agency
Patricia Russell
213 Byron Street South, Suite 201
Whitby, Ontario
L1N 4P7
Email: info@cornerstoneadoption.ca
Countries: India, Jamaica, Philippines, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Family by Adoption Inc.
Ms. Sharon Gollert
Executive Director
6 Sakura Way, Suite # 266
Toronto, Ontario
M3C 1Z5
Email: jborgia@familybyadoption.com
Countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Haiti (not accepting new clients), Jamaica, Nigeria (Lagos only), South Africa
Loving Heart International Adoption Agency
Elena Georgiev
75 Wynford Heights Crescent, Unit 406
Toronto, Ontario
M3C 3H9
Email: info@lovingheartadopt.com
Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Serbia
The Children’s Bridge
Jennifer Stairs
Executive Director
300 Greenbank Road, Unit 62
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 0B6
Email: info@childrensbridge.com
Countries: India, South Korea (not accepting new clients), Thailand, USA