When you call us about applying for adoption, we will advise you about the process to make a regular adoption request. We will also ask whether you are interested in taking part in the “Banque mixte” program (for foster families who can commit to a child in the very long term, which may lead to adoption). If this is the case, we will refer you to the administrative officer.

The wait for an assessment at the Laval Child and Youth Protection Centre is currently about five years for a regular adoption.

When we are ready to proceed with your psychosocial evaluation, you will receive an evaluation kit with the necessary documents to fill out. The psychosocial evaluation is then carried out: if the result is positive, you will then wait to be matched with a child. This wait time is currently about two years.

The Laval Child and Youth Protection Centre receives and handles requests from applicants who live in Laval. If you do not live in this territory, please contact the child and youth protection centre in your region. 

If you are interested in adoption, contact the Adoption Service at 450 975-4150, extension 4422.

The CISSS de Laval is constantly looking for family-type resources to meet the needs of the Laval population from 0 to 100 year olds having various bio-psycho-social issues. Currently, there is a need for foster families for 0-17 year olds.

Being a family-type resource, what is it?

Family-type resources consist of foster families and foster homes.

A foster family is made up of one or two persons who welcome to their main place of residence a maximum of nine children in difficulty who are entrusted to them by a public institution to meet their needs and offer them favorable living conditions to a parental type relationship in a family context.

A foster home is made up of one or two persons who, at their main place of residence, receive up to nine adults entrusted to them by a public institution in order to meet their needs and offer them living conditions close from a natural environment.

Is this challenge for you? You can fill out the necessary documentation by following the 3 steps or attend any information session

If you would like to apply as a family-type resource (RTF), mixed bank, please call 450 975-4024.

For information, you can also write to recrutement.rtf_jeunesse.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Regular Foster Family

Please confirm your presence by email, mentioning your first name, last name and phone number: recrutement.rtf_jeunesse.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Foster Family Mixted Bank

Please confirm your presence by email, mentioning your first name, last name and phone number: recrutement.rtf_jeunesse.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Regular Foster Family

Please confirm your presence by email, mentioning your first name, last name and phone number: recrutement.rtf_jeunesse.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Foster Family Mixted Bank

Please confirm your presence by email, mentioning your first name, last name and phone number: recrutement.rtf_jeunesse.cissslav@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

For international adoptions, the role of the Laval Child and Youth Protection Centre is to conduct the psychosocial assessments of applicants referred to us by the Secrétariat à l'adoption internationale (SAI).

The  SAI acts on behalf of the Ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux in the process to adopt children who live outside Quebec.

We invite you to consult the website of the Secrétariat à l’adoption internationale at http://www.adoption.gouv.qc.ca/en_accueil or call them at 514-873-5886.

For any requests regarding family and medical antecedents or reunion requests, please contact the adoption service of the CISSS or CIUSSS of the region or territory where the judgment of adoption was rendered. For any request, please call 450 975-4150 ext. 4422.