If you have been impacted by polio as a survivor, relative, caregiver, health care provider, volunteer or friend, a Polio Canada support group can help you connect with peers, exchange information and resources, learn new skills and build a social network for support.
Find a Support Group near you:
Ontario
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Barrie Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Pat McLeod
Phone: 705-728-4775
Email: pammleod@hotmail.com |
Grey Bruce Huron Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Sharon and George Rahn
Phone: 519-364-3224
Email: postie@wightman.ca |
Hamilton/ Brant Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Nelly Lee
Phone: 905-528-9432 ext. 233
Email: southcentralpp@marchofdimes.ca
Meeting details: Call for more details or to sign up for the quarterly newsletter. |
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Niagara Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Ron Speer
Phone: 289 891-8283
Email: ronspeer@cogeco.ca
ddumele@cogeco.ca |
North Bay Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Pauline Montigny
Phone: 1 800 263 3463 ext 7731
Email: polio-northbay@marchofdimes.ca |
Northumberland Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Keith Rashid
Phone: 1 800 263 3463 ext 7213
Email: krashid@marchofdimes.ca |
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Oshawa/ Durham Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Jeannette Birkbeck
Phone: 905-697-3648
Email: jbirkbeck60@hotmail.com |
Peterborough Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Anne Marie Bovair
Phone: 705-748-6625
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Sudbury Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Keith Rashid
Phone: 1 800 263 3463 ext 7213
Email: krashid@marchofdimes.ca |
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Thunder Bay Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Sandy Rutherford
Email: polio-thunderbay@marchofdimes.ca |
Toronto/ Peel Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Keith Rashid
Phone: 1 800 263 3463 ext 7213
Email: krashid@marchofdimes.ca
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Windsor & Area Post-Polio Chapter
Contact: Gayle & Bruce Tait
Phone: 519-252-8248
Email: tattybogle@sympatico.ca
Meeting details: Four times a year, last Sunday in April, June, Sept. and Nov., from 2-4 p.m. |
Alberta
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Southern Alberta Post Polio Support Society
(AFFILIATE)
Website: www.sappss.com
Calgary
Contact: Esther Hendricks
E-mail for the Calgary office: calgary@sappss.com
Phone 403 813 9583
Fax: (Call first) 403-281-1939
Address: 7 – 11 St. NE Calgary AB T2E 4Z2
Lethbridge & Area
Contact: Terry Prince
E-mail for Terry Prince: bramwel1@telus.net
Phone for Terry Prince: 403-752-4667
E-mail for the Lethbridge office: lethbridge@sappss.com
Phone: 403-329-9453
Address: 2722 – 7 A Ave. North Lethbridge AB T1H 1A4
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Wildrose Polio Support Society
(AFFILIATE)
132 Warwick Road NW
Edmonton, AB
T5X 4P8
Tel: 780-428-8842
Fax: 780-475-7968
Contact: Glyn Smith
Email: wpss@polioalberta.ca
www.polioalberta.ca |
Manitoba
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Post Polio Network (Manitoba) Inc.
(AFFILIATE)
Address: c\o SMD Self-Help Clearing House
Suite 204, 825 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, MB. R3A 1M5
Contact: Charlene Craig
Tel: 204-975-3037
Email: postpolionetwork@shaw.ca
Website: www.postpolionetwork.ca |
Quebec
P.E.I.
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Polio PEI
(AFFILIATE)
Contact: Stephen Pate
Tel: 902-566-4518
Email: stephen_pate@hotmail.com
Address: 47 Westwood Crescent
Charlottetown, PE. C1A 8X4 |
Saskatchewan
British Colombia
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Post-Polio Awareness and Support Society of British Colombia (PPASS BC)
(AFFILIATE)
Address: #102-9775 4th Street, Sidney, BC
Contact: David Holland (VP-Mainland PPASS BC)
Tel: 1 205 655 8849
Fax: 1 250 655 8859
Email: ppass@ppassbc.com
Website: www.ppassbc.com
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Know of a polio-survivor group that is not listed here? Interested in starting your own group? Phone the Warmline® at 1-800-480-5903.