The Family Care Office hosts a How to Adopt workshop each year. Check our Events Listing for possible upcoming offerings. If you are interested in exploring adoption pathways such as public, private and international, this workshop is for you. If our How to Adopt workshop is not offered at a time that works for your journey, you can take the How to Adopt Course through the Adoption Council of Ontario.  

To learn more about all types of adoption and your role as a potential adoptive parent, contact the Centralized Adoption Intake Service to discern if adoption is right for you and to get help in completing the adoption application for public adoption. 

If you are a U of T student, staff, postdoc or faculty member adopting a child, don't hesitate to contact our Family Caregiver Leave Specialist to discuss adoption and/or primary caregiver leave for information. Please also refer to Pregnancy & Parental Leaves for information on adoption leaves. Please also refer to New Parents.

Additional Resources 

• Adoption Council of Ontario: The ACO provides a continuum of services that includes; information about adoption, specialized services in recruitment and matching for children, youth, older youth and families, as well as post-adoption training and support for professionals. 
• Government of Ontario: Adoption Process: Visit the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services website to learn about adoption, how to adopt a child, and get services and support to help you and the child you are adopting throughout the adoption process. 
• Child and Youth Permanency Council of Canada: The CYPCC is a national voice advocating for a permanent supported family for every waiting child and youth in Canada. CYPCC provides information about the process of adoption.