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Community Support for Cancer in Canada

Abreast & the Rest Newsletter
565 West 10th Ave.
Vancouver, BC Canada

Website: www.abreastandtherest.ca
E-Mail Address: information@abreastandtherest.ca

Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Association of Canada
11181 Yonge Street Suite 321
Richmond Hill, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-780-0698
Fax Number: 905-780-1648
Toll Free Number: 1-888-840-0039
Website: www.aamac.ca
E-Mail Address: info@aamac.ca

Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists
774 promenade Echo Drive
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-730-6284
Website: www.cos.ca/camo
E-Mail Address: camo@rcpsc.edu

Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology
375 West 5th Ave, Suite 201
Vancouver, BC Canada

Phone Number: 604-874-4322
Fax Number: 604-874-4378
Website: www.cano-acio.ca
E-Mail Address: cano@malachite-mgmt.com

Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies
1 University Avenue, Suite 300
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-619-5744
Fax Number: 416-915-9224
Website: www.capca.ca
E-Mail Address: info@capca.ca

Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology
296 Jarvis St., Unit 7
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-968-0207
Fax Number: 416-968-6818
Website: www.capo.ca
E-Mail Address: capo@funnel.ca

Canadian Cancer Action Network
1 University Avenue, Suite # 300
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-619-5784
Toll Free Number: 1-866-378-1986
Website: www.ccanceraction.ca
E-Mail Address: mmorrison@canceraction.ca

Canadian Cancer Society
55 St.Clair Ave. W, Suite 500
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-961-7223
Fax Number: 416-961-4189
Website: www.cancer.ca
E-Mail Address: ccsri@cancer.ca

Canadian Melanoma Foundation
835-10th Ave. W
Vancouver, BC Canada

Website: www.derm.ubc.ca
E-Mail Address: bay.gumboc@vch.ca

Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD)
151 Bloor Street West, Suite 600
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-969-7464
Fax Number: 416-969-7420
Toll Free Number: 1-877-302-7273
Website: raredisorders.ca/index.html
E-Mail Address: info@raredisorders.ca

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
1 University Ave., Suite 300
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-915-9222
Fax Number: 416-915-9224
Toll Free Number: 1-877-360-1665
Website: www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca
E-Mail Address: info@partnershipagainstcancer.ca

Canadian von Hippel-Lindau Family Alliance
4227 Hamilton Road
Dorchester, ON Canada

Phone Number: 519-268-1567
Toll Free Number: 1-800-767-4845
Website: vhlcanada.ca
E-Mail Address: canada@vhl.org

Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)
Suite 203 419 Graham Avenue 
Winnipeg, MB Canada

Phone Number: 204-942-5500
Fax Number: 204-989-2355
Toll Free Number: 1-888-818-9172
Website: www.cwhn.ca
E-Mail Address: cwhn@cwhn.ca

Cancer Advocacy Coalition
60 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 204
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-538-4874
Toll Free Number: 1-877-472-3436
Website: www.canceradvocacy.ca
E-Mail Address: cacc@canceradvocacy.ca

Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada
16 Esna Park Drive, Suite #107
Markham, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-477-7743
Fax Number: 905-477-4251
Toll Free Number: 1-866-753-0303
Website: www.cancerrecovery.ca
E-Mail Address: info@cancerrecovery.ca

Cancer View Canada
1 University Ave. Suite 300
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-915-9222
Toll Free Number: 1-877-360-1665
Website: www.cancerview.ca

Caregiver Network Inc.
2 Oaklawn Gardens, Unit C
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-323-1090
Fax Number: 416-323-9422
Website: www.caregiver.on.ca
E-Mail Address: karenh@caregiver.on.ca

Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation
21 St. Clair Ave. E, Suite 801
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-489-6440
Fax Number: 416-489-9812
Toll Free Number: 1-800-363-1062
Website: www.childhoodcancer.ca
E-Mail Address: info@childhoodcancer.ca

Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC)
1010-116 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-565-2522 x306
Fax Number: 613-565-2278
Website: www.cdpac.ca
E-Mail Address: info@CDPAC.ca

Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative Foundation (CCSIF)
56 The Esplanade, Suite 205
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-365-0806
Fax Number: 416-365-0869
Website: www.ccsif.ca
E-Mail Address: info@ccsif.ca

CURE Foundation for Breast Cancer
1320 Graham Blvd., Suite 130
Montreal, QC Canada

Phone Number: 514-381-2873
Fax Number: 514-381-1827
Toll Free Number: 1-888-592-2873
Website: www.curefoundation.com
E-Mail Address: infocure@fondationcure.com

DES Action Canada
5890 Monkland Avenue, Suite 107
Montreal, QC Canada

Phone Number: 514-482-3204
Toll Free Number: 1-800-482-1-DES
Website: www.web.net/~desact
E-Mail Address: desact@web.net

Families of Children with Cancer
c/o 46 Hogarth Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-465-5157
Fax Number: 416-465-5194

Fanconi Canada
P.O. Box 38157
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416 489-6393
Fax Number: 416 489-6393
Website: www.fanconicanada.org
E-Mail Address: admin@fanconicanada.org

Fertile Future
19 Woodson Street
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-899-6697
Website: www.fertilefuture.ca
E-Mail Address: liz@fertilefuture.ca

Hereditary Breast + Ovarian Cancer Foundation (HBOC)
PO Box 434, Snowdon
Montreal, QC Canada

Phone Number: 514-482-8174
Fax Number: 514-482-9758
Website: www.hboc.ca
E-Mail Address: info@hboc.ca

Hospital for Sick Children-Palliative Care Program
555 University Ave
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-813-1500

Interlink Community Cancer Nurses
90 Gerrard St. W, Suite 2-239
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-599-5465
Fax Number: 416-599-5972
E-Mail Address: info@interlinknurses.on.ca

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
170 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 510
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-238-8181
Fax Number: 613-234-1991
Toll Free Number: 1-866-262-8181
Website: www.itk.ca
E-Mail Address: info@itk.ca

Kidney Cancer Association
207 - 1425 Marine Drive
West Vancouver, BC Canada

Phone Number: 416 848 9625
Toll Free Number: 1 800 850 9132
Website: www.kidneycancerassociation.org

Kidney Cancer Canada
P.O. Box 25034, 411 The Queensway Avenue S.
Keswick, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-476-1935
Toll Free Number: 1-866-598-7166
Website: www.kidneycancercanada.ca
E-Mail Address: info@kidneycancercanada.ca

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada
936 The East Mall
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-661-9541
Fax Number: 416-661-7799
Website: www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
E-Mail Address: PutnsR@lls.org

Look Good Feel Better
420 Britannia Road East, Suite 102
Mississauga, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-890-5161
Fax Number: 905-890-2607
Website: www.lgfb.ca

Malony Shrivastava Memorial Foundation
104 - 3993 Henning Drive
Burnaby, BC Canada

Toll Free Number: 1-888-689-2776
Website: www.malony.org/mission.asp

Medical Marihuana
Canada

Website: www.medicalmarihuana.ca
E-Mail Address: info@medicalmarihuana.ca

mythyroid.com
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-340-4125
Fax Number: 416-978-4108
Website: www.mythyroid.com

Public Health Agency of Canada
130 Colonnade Road, A.L. 6501H
Ottawa, ON Canada

Website: www.publichealth.gc.ca

RealTime Cancer
120 Kenmount Road, 2nd Flr.
St. John's, NF Canada

Phone Number: 709-579-7325
Fax Number: 709-579-7326
Toll Free Number: 1-877-571-7325 (REAL)
Website: www.realtimecancer.org
E-Mail Address: hope@realtimecancer.org

Rebounders Canada
1160 Klarecroft Way
Oakville, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-338-1530
Fax Number: 905-338-1530
Website: www.rebounders.ca/
E-Mail Address: sprawson@look.ca

Rebounders Canada - The Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Group
1160 Klarecroft Way
Oakville, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-338-1530
Fax Number: 905-338-1530
Toll Free Number: 1-877-330-7836
Website: www.rebounders.ca
E-Mail Address: rebounderscanada@sprint.ca

Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada
780 Echo Dr.
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-730-4192
Fax Number: 613-730-4314
Toll Free Number: 1-800-561-2416
Website: www.sogc.org
E-Mail Address: helpdesk@sogc.com

Sunshine Foundation of Canada
495 Richmond Street, Suite 400
London, ON Canada

Toll Free Number: 1-800-461-7935
Website: www.sunshine.ca
E-Mail Address: info@sunshine.ca

talkingaboutcancer.com
Canada

Website: talkingaboutcancer.com
E-Mail Address: ruth@talkingaboutcancer.com

The Audey Stanleigh Leukemia Research Foundation
20 York Mills Road, Suite 100
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-966-4357
Fax Number: 416-924-2887
Website: www.stanleighfoundation.com
E-Mail Address: jerome@stanleigh.com

The Canadian Testicular Cancer Association
117 Southwood Drive
Kitchener, ON Canada

Phone Number: 519-342-2562
Fax Number: 519-342-2562
Toll Free Number: 1-866-898-7446
Website: www.tctca.org
E-Mail Address: info@tctca.org

The Cancer Research Society
P.O. Box 4724, Station E
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-233-9373
Fax Number: 613-233-9356
Toll Free Number: 1-888-766-2262
Website: src-crs.ca

The Cancer Research Society
200 Isabella Street, Suite 305
Ottawa, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-233-9373
Fax Number: 613-233-1030
Toll Free Number: 1-888-766-2262
Website: src-crs.ca

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada
7-725 Westney Road South
Ajax, ON Canada

Phone Number: 905-427-5353
Fax Number: 905-427-0536
Toll Free Number: 1-800-700-4437
Website: www.childrenswish.ca
E-Mail Address: on@childrenswish.ca

Thyroid Cancer Canada
550 Eglinton Ave. W.
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-487-8267
Website: www.thyroidcancercanada.org
E-Mail Address: thryvors@sympatico.ca

Thyroid Cancer Canada
550 Eglinton Ave. W.
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-487-8267
Website: www.thyroidcancercanada.org
E-Mail Address: thryvors@sympatico.ca

Thyroid Foundation of Canada
797 Princess Street, Ste 304
Kingston, ON Canada

Phone Number: 613-389-3691
Fax Number: 613-544-9731
Toll Free Number: 1-800-267-8822
Website: www.thyroid.ca

Women's Health Matters-Le Club
790 Bay St, Suites 902-908
Toronto, ON Canada

Phone Number: 416-813-4752
Fax Number: 416-813-4720
Website: www.womenshealthmatters.ca

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