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MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES
http://www.children.gov.on.ca/CS/en/default.htm
Here you can find the list of Ministry-approved social workers (Approved Private Adoption Practitioners) as well as a list of approved Ontario adoption agencies and licencees. Also, tons of information about the adoption process itself and the relevant legislation. The ‘Today’s Child’ section features waiting children. Adoptive applicants with a completed homestudy may apply for these children.

ADOPTION COUNCIL OF ONTARIO
http://www.adoption.on.ca/acomain.html
Information on the adoption process, adoption-related issues, adoption support groups and adoption-related seminars and events in Ontario.

http://www.adoption.ca/
Adoption-related news. Events and seminars across Canada.

http://www.oacas.org/
A listing of contact information for all of the Children’s Aid Societies in Ontario.

http://www.canadaswaitingkids.ca/
This is a photolisting of some of the children currently waiting for placements. The site is updated periodically. Adoptive applicants with a completed homestudy can apply for the children on this site.

ONTARIO'S WINNING KIDS
http://www.fosteradoptwinningkids.com/
Information about fostering and adoption in Eastern Ontario. Some profiles of waiting children.

FAMILY HELPER
http://www.familyhelper.net/
Articles cover such topics as infertility, adoption, post-adoption, special needs adoption, adoption search and reunion, country news, magazines, websites and adoption books. Lists Ontario licencees, other agencies in Canada and the US as well as adoption support groups.

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