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Section Title: Media and Publications
The Live-in Caregiver Program The Live-in
Caregiver Program
for employers and
caregivers abroad

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

 
For more information on Citizenship and Immigration Canada, contact us at:

Telephone

If you are in Canada, contact the CIC Call Centre, Monday to Friday,
8 a.m.­ 4 p.m.

1 888 242-2100

If you are hearing impaired and use a text telephone, you can access the TTY service Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. by calling 1 888 576-8502.

If you are outside Canada, contact the Canadian Embassy, High Commission or Consulate responsible for your region.

Mail

Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 1L1

 
Provincial and Territorial Labour Standards

If you are working as or employing a live-in caregiver and have any questions, difficulties or complaints, please call or visit the Web site of the ministry responsible for labour or employment standards in your province or territory.

Alberta
Department of Labour
Employment Standards Branch
Toll free: 310-0000 then dial (403) 427-3731
Fax: (403) 427-8837

TDD/TDY: 1 800 232-7215
Web site: www.gov.ab.ca/hre/employmentstandards/

British Columbia
Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services
Employment Standards Branch
Toll free: 1 800 663-3316
Fax: (604) 660-7047

Web site: www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/

Manitoba
Manitoba Labour
Employment Standards Branch
Toll free (outside Winnipeg): 1 800 821-4307
Telephone (Winnipeg): (204) 945-3352
Fax: (204) 948-3046

Web site: www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards/

New Brunswick
Department of Advanced Education and Labour
Employment Standards Branch
Toll free: 1 888 452-2687
Fax: (506) 453-3806

Web site: www.gnb.ca/0308/0001e.htm

Newfoundland
Department of Environment and Labour
Labour Standards Division
Toll free: 1 877 563-1063
Fax: (709) 729-5738

Web site: www.hrle.gov.nl.ca/lra/labourstandards/default.htm

Northwest Territories
Department of Justice
Labour Services
Toll free: 1 888 700-5707
Fax: (403) 873-0483

Web site: www.ece.gov.nt.ca/Divisions/Labour/index.htm

Nova Scotia
Department of Labour
Labour Standards Division
Toll free: 1 888 315-0110
Fax: (902) 424-0503

Web site: www.gov.ns.ca/enla/services.htm

Ontario
Ministry of Labour
Employment Standards Branch
Toll free: 1 800 531-5551
Fax: (416) 326-6546

Web site: www.gov.on.ca/LAB/english/es/

Prince Edward Island
Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
Labour and Industrial Relations
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7N8
Toll free: 1 800 333-4362
Fax: (902) 368-5526

Web site: www.gov.pe.ca/commcul/lair-info/index.php3

Quebec
Commission des normes du travail
Toll free: 1 800 265-1414
Fax: (418) 643-5132

Web site: www.cnt.gouv.qc.ca

Saskatchewan
Department of Labour
Labour Standards Branch
Telephone: (306) 787-2438 (Regina) or (306) 933-6587 (Saskatoon)
Web site: www.labour.gov.sk.ca

 
Live-in Caregiver Associations

You can contact any of the following groups to get more information about your rights as a live-in caregiver in Canada. These groups can answer your questions about working conditions, employee-employer relations, changing jobs, job loss or abuse. They can also help you learn more about your new community and how to meet people. You do not need your employer's permission to contact these groups.

Canadian Caregivers Association
45 Sheppard Ave. East Suite 210
Toronto, Ontario M2N 5W9
Telephone: (416) 628-8388
Fax: (416) 733-2491
Web site: www.cca-acaf.org
E-mail: info@cca-acaf.org

West Coast Domestic Workers' Association
119 Pender Street West, Suite 302
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1S5
Telephone: (604) 669-4482
Fax: (604) 669-6456

Web site: www.vcn.bc.ca/wcdwa
e-mail: wcdwa@lightspeed.ca

Philippine Women's Centre
Kalayaan Centre
451 Powell Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1G7
Telephone: (604) 215-1103
Fax: (604) 215-1103

Web site: pwc.bc.tripod.com
e-mail: pwc@attcanada.ca

Committee for Domestic Workers' and Caregivers' Rights
2150 Maple Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 3T3
Telephone: (604) 874-0649
Fax: (604) 874-0649

e-mail: cdwcr@telus.net

Association des aides familiales du Québec
PO Box 60103, 5101 St-Denis Street
Montréal, Quebec H2J 2M1
Telephone: (514) 272-2670
Fax: (514) 272-7156

Web site: www.aafq.ca
e-mail: afg@cam.org

Canadian Coalition for In-Home Care
12 Irwin Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1K9
Telephone: (905) 849-6520
Fax: (905) 849-6921
Web site: www.ccihc.ca

Toronto Organization for Domestic Workers' Rights (Intercede)
234 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 205
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1K5
Telephone: (416) 483-4554
Fax: (416) 483-9781

e-mail: info@intercedetoronto.org

Immigrant Women of Saskatchewan, Regina Chapter
2248 Lorne Street
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2M7
Telephone: (306) 359-6514
Fax: (306) 522-9952

e-mail: iwsregina@accesscomm.ca

Calgary Immigrant Women's Association
750 ­ 11th Street SW, Suite 300
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3E9
Telephone: (403) 263-4414
Fax: (403) 264-3914

Web site: www.ciwa-online.com
e-mail: ciwagen@cadvision.com

 

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Date Published: 2002-11-01
Date Reviewed: 2006-09-20
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