Ontario Parent Support Groups
Community Living Ontario
Telephone: (416) 447-4348
Fax: (416) 447-8974-3339
Email: info@acl.on.ca
Down Syndrome Association of Ontario (DSAO)
Email: info@dsao.ca
Website: www.dsao.ca
Belleville, Trenton, Picton, Bancroft
Quinte Down Syndrome Support Group
Telephone: (613) 962-9332
Email: janice22@canada.com
Contact: Janice Quade
Position: Co-organizer
Service Area: Belleville, Trenton, Picton, Bancroft
Brantford
Down Syndrome Association of Brantford & District
Telephone: (519) 448-4607
Fax: (519) 448-4801
Contact: Nancy Tew Seberras
Position: Chair
Service Area: Brantford & Area
Chatham/Kent
F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
(Families Relating Ideas, Emotions, and News on Down Syndrome)
Telephone: (519) 627-1804
Email: ellie@emmanuel-chatham.com
Contact: Ellie Kendrick
Position: President of FRIENDS
Service Area: Chatham/Kent
Durham
Durham Down Syndrome Association
Telephone: (905) 619-0073
Email: chair@ddsa.ca
Website: www.ddsa.ca
Contact: Donna Wright
Position: Chair
Service Area: Durham region & Surrounding Area
Guelph
Guelph Kiids
(Keeping Involved in Down Syndrome)
Telephone: (519) 826-9766
Contact: Leslie Quirk
Service Area: Guelph
Halton
Halton Down Syndrome Association
Telephone: (905) 829-1714
Contact: Paul Bandiera
Position: President
Website: www.haltondownsyndrome.com
Service Area: Burlington, Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hills
Hamilton
Down Syndrome Association of Hamilton
Telephone: (905) 385-5022
Email: sholinat@mountaincable.net
Website: www.dsah.ca
Lambton County
Down Syndrome Association of Lambton County
Telephone: (519) 383-7578
Fax: (519) 337-3701
Email: ssharp@ebtech.net
Website: ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/DSALC
Contact: Sharon Sharp
London
London Down Syndrome Association
Telephone: (519) 264-9058
Fax: (519) 264-9509
Email: ldsapresident@yahoo.ca
Contact: Randal Bilton
Position: President
Website: www.ldsa.ca
National Capital Region
Down Syndrome Association – National Capital Region
Telephone: (613) 737-0658
Email: ericabrennan@sympatico.ca
Contact: Erica Brennan
Position: President
Niagara
Down Syndrome Caring Parents Niagara
Telephone: (905) 646-0225
Toll Free: 1-800-282-1130 (Ontario Only)
Website: www.dscpn.ca
Service Area: Niagara Region including Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln, and Welland
North Bay
Nipissing Down Syndrome Society
Telephone: (705) 472-7037
Fax: (705) 476-5811
Email: dpalangio@cogeco.ca
Contact: Elin Palanigo
Position: President
Contact: Charlene Reeves-Walsh
Email: cprw@nipissingdownsyndromesociety.ca
Website: www.nipissingdownsyndromesociety.ca
Service Area: North Bay
Peterborough
Down Syndrome Association of Peterborough
Telephone: (705) 749-6695
Email: info@downsyndromepeterborough.ca
Website: www.downsyndromepeterborough.ca
Contact: Deb Reid
Position: Office Administrator
Service Area: Peterborough
Pembrooke
Parents Supporting Children with Down Syndrome
Telephone: (613) 735-3894
Email: mreilander@renc.igs.net
Contact: Joyce Reilander
Position: Local Contact
Service Area: Pembrooke & Area
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie Down Syndrome Society
Telephone: (705) 759-1802
Email: canoe.barbeau@sympatico.ca
Contact: Margaret Barbeau
Position: Director
Service Area: Sault Ste. Marie
Simcoe County
Parents of Down Syndrome Simcoe County
Telephone: (705) 726-7224
Email: pods_barrie@hotmail.com
Contact: Michelle or Ben Helmond
Service Area: Barrie and area
Sudbury
Down Syndrome Association of Sudbury
Telephone: (705) 673-8303
Email: cdegiosa@sympatico.ca
Contact: Chalita Degiosa
Position: President
Service Area: Sudbury & Area
Toronto
Down Syndrome Association of Toronto
Telephone: (416) 966-0990
Fax: (416) 966-3962
Email: info@dsat.ca
Website: www.dsat.ca
Contact: Ashleigh Molloy
Position: President
Service Area: Toronto
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Down Syndrome Parent Group
Telephone: (807) 343-5028
Fax: (807) 343-5015
Email: debbieb@childrenscentre.ca
Website: www.childrenscentre.ca
Contact: Debbie Bennett
Service Area: Thunder Bay
Waterloo
Waterloo Regional Down Syndrome Society
Telephone: (519) 896-4488
Email: info@wrdss.ca
Website: www.wrdss.ca
Contact: Rob Martin
Position: Co-chair
Service Area: Kitchener, Waterloo
Windsor/Essex
Up About Down – The Windsor-Essex Down Syndrome Parent Association
Telephone: (519) 973-6486
Email: info@upaboutdown.org
Website: www.upaboutdown.org
Contact: Paul Arnold
Position: President
Service Area: Windsor-Essex
York
Down Syndrome Association of York Region
Telephone: (416) 410-3696
Fax: (905) 853-2458
Toll Free: 1-800-649-3696 (Ontario Only)
Email: info@dsayr.on.ca
Website: www.dsayr.on.ca
Contact: Elizabeth Lappin
Position: President
Service Area: York Region & Surrounding Area
