Find out if you are ready to adopt

Under Ontario law, anyone who wants to adopt a child must be able to raise that child in a good and loving home.

There are certain steps you need to take to find out if you qualify. You will have to:

• have a homestudy completed, and
• complete a training course on parenting an adopted child. This course is called PRIDE (Parent Resource for Information Development and Education). This course is now mandatory for anyone wishing to adopt a child through a children's aid society. By December 31, 2007, the course will be mandatory for all private and international adoptions.

Learn more

• About the homestudy

Choose the type of adoption

• Public adoption
• Private adoption
• International adoption
• Adopting a family member