There are designated centres that provide services for victims of sexual assault in most of Québec’s regions. They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These designated centres are generally located in hospitals.

The services are intended for victims of sexual assault—male and female children, adolescents and adults—who require an evaluation of their health, a medical examination, a forensic examination and legal or psycho-social services. The designated centres have medico-social-legal teams composed of psychosocial support workers, nurses and doctors trained in helping victims of sexual assault.

FOR CHILDREN (0-18 YEARS-OLD)

Montreal Children's Hospital

2300, rue Tupper Montréal (Québec) H3H 1P3

Language: English

Public transport: Metro Atwater, bus 15, 57, 63, 90, 104, 138, 144 or 150.

Emergency (514-412-4499): consult the emergency physician, who will contact the duty physician responsible for sexual abuse.

The Sexual Abuse Clinicat the Adolescent Clinic (514-412-4481): Monday-Friday. By appointment only for incidents of sexual assault that took place more than 5 days prior.

Services:

  • Medical/medico-legal assessmentand treatment;
  • Art therapy:the MCH offers an Art therapy service. However, the doctor needs to make a referral for this service andthere is a waiting list (couple of months).
  • Liaison person: Ms. Justine Noisier, Social Worker (514-412-4455, ext. 22797), will contact you soon after you make a medical appointment for a client in order to gather information about the reason for the referral. Please make sure you have the parents’ consent to share information with the clinic.

CHU Sainte-Justine

3175, chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine Montréal (Québec) H3T 1C5

Language: French

Public transport: Metro Cote-des-Neiges or Cote-Ste-Catherine, bus 129.

Emergency(514) 345-4611:ask for the duty physician in the sexual abuse module

By appointment: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Clinique socio-juridique (514)345-4866 - Clinique des adolescents (514) 345-4721

Services:

  • Medical/medico-legal assessment and treatment.

FOR ADULTS (OVER 18 YEARS-OLD)

Montreal Sexual Assault Centre Tel: 514-934-0354
CLSC Métro 1801, boul. de Maisonneuve O. Bureau 400 (4 th floor), Montréal (Québec) H3H 1J9

Language:French and English

Public transport: Metro Guy-Concordia.

Daytime service:8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Services:

  • Medical assessment and treatment
  • Counselling and emotional support
  • Legal information
  • Supportive care and attention, public education

Montreal GeneralHospital Tel: 514-934-8090

1650, av. Cedar, Montreal (Québec) H3G 1A4

Monday to Friday: 5p.m. to 8a.m.

Language: English

Public transport: Metro Guy-Concordia, bus 66, 165, 166, 535 and 144.

  • Medical and medico-legal assessment and treatment

CHUM - Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Tel: 514 890-8100

3840, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal (Québec) H2W 1T8
Emergency 24/7: *paging service, ask for the on-call sexual assault support worker
Emergency room – 24hours

Language: French

Public transport: bus 144.

  • Medical and medico-legal assessment and treatment

Medico-legal Kit (with forensic samples)
Four conditions are necessary for a medico-legal kit to be carried out:
Possibility of finding biological material from the assailant;
Sexual assault occurred within previous 5 days;
The victim gives his/her consent to the examination;
The victim pressed charges with the police or s/he is considering pressing charges (within 14 days).
N.B. The medical exam or the medico-legal exam should never be imposed unless there is a life threatening condition. No victim, whatever her/his age can be forced to have a medical or medico-legal exam
Medico-social Kit(without forensic samples):
One or more of the following conditions are required:
Sexual assault occurred within previous 5 days;
No forensic sample is necessary, given the victim’s description of her/his sexual assault;
The victim does not intend to press charges.

Centres Jeunesse de Montréal – Institut Universitaire (CJM-IU) Tel: 514-896-3100
1001, boul. de Maisonneuve East, 7th floor, Montréal (Québec) H2L 4R5

Monday to Thursday: 8:30a.m. to 5p.m., Friday: 8:30a.m. to 6p.m.

Services:

  • To notify authorities of a child suspected of being sexually abused (French)

Batshaw Youth and Family Centres Tel:514-935-6196
4515, rue Ste-Catherine O. Montréal (Québec) H3Z 1R9

Monday to Thursday: 8:30a.m. to 7:30p.m., Friday: 8:30a.m. to 5:30p.m.

Services:

  • To notify authorities of a child suspected of being sexually abused (English and Jewish French/English community)
CAVAC (Centre d'aide aux victimes d'actes criminels/crime victims assistance centre)
Website:

Service points(in French and in English):

Downtown MontrealTel: 514-277-9860

1030 rue Beaubien Est, 4th floor, Montréal (QC) H2S 1T4 (services in Spanish as well)

Monday to Friday: 9a.m. to 5p.m – Metro Beaubien

Montreal CourthouseTel: 514-393-2083

1, rue Notre-Dame Est, bureau 5. 10, Montréal (QC) H2Y 1B6

Monday to Friday: 9a.m. to 5p.m– Metro Place-d’Armes

Youth DivisionTel: 514-495-5800, ext. 53570

410, rue Bellechasse Est, bureau 1.045, Montréal (QC) H2S 1X3

Monday to Friday: 9a.m. to 5p.m– Metro Rosemont

East EndTel: 514-645-9333

6070, rue Sherbrooke Est, bureau 207, Montréal (QC) H1N 1C1

Monday to Friday: 9a.m. to 5p.m. – Metro Cadillac

West EndTel: 514-744-5048

404, boul. Décarie, bureau 306, Montréal (QC) H4L 5E6

Monday to Friday: 9a.m. to 5p.m

Services:

  • Crisis Intervention 24/7
  • Information on rights of victims
  • Post-trauma and psychological intervention (assessment of victim’s needs)
  • Technical assistance to assist victims in filling out the required forms, i.e. IVAC package;
  • Referral to specialized services (legal, medical, social and community services)
  • Accompaniment and support throughout judicial process

IVAC (Indemnisation des victimes d'actes criminels/crime victims compensation)Tel: 514-906-3019
1199 rue de Bleury, C.P. 6056, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 4E1
Website:

Services (source: IVAC brochure ‘A ray of hope for the victims’):

  • Compensation for temporary total disability: A victim may receive indemnities for the period in which he or she is unable to work or to resume his or her usual activities.
  • Medical assistance: Certain expenses may be reimbursed, namely:ambulance, medications, transportation, orthotics and prostheses, dental care, physiotherapy treatments.
  • Permanent disability benefits: If a victim remains permanently affected by an incident once treatment has been completed, he or she will receive benefits determined according to the degree of physical disability or mental impairment.

There should be IVAC packages available in each Batshaw service.

IMPORTANT:The IVAC form should be filled out as early as possible following a disclosure. IVAC will contact the parents for more information once they receive the request forcompensation. It is extremely important that the parents respond. If not, IVAC will not follow-up with the case.IVAC’s three-step process: a) Parents will receive a letter of approbation to the program; b) Parents will receive another letter in order to evaluate the family’s needs, to be returned to IVAC within 10 days maximum; c) IVAC will call the parents to re-evaluate the needs.

Time limit
The application for benefits must, as a rule, be submitted during the year in which the victim's physical injury, mental impairment or death occurs.However, after that time it is still recommended that a form be filled out for children as it will most likely be approved.

**Very Important: Please note that some addresses are confidential until the resource decides to inform the client about it.

Montreal Sexual Assault Centre Tel: 514-934-0354, ext. 7456Fax: 514-934-3776
CLSC Métro 1801, boul. de Maisonneuve O., Bureau 400, Montréal (Québec), H3H 1J9
Email : Website:

The Montreal Sexual Assault Centre operates in partnership with the Montreal GeneralHospital.

Clientele: Women and men (18 and over), victim of sexual assault, sexual abuse, incest and sexual harassment.

Language: English and French

Office hours: 8:00-17:00(CLSC) and 17:00-8:00 and statutory holiday (MGH)

Language:French and English

Services (Free of charge):

  • Crisis intervention;
  • Medico-legal or medico-social examination;
  • Medical treatment and follow-up;
  • Information on police and judicial procedures;
  • Individual psychotherapeutic therapy for recent victims only (assault within past 6 months), free of charge. Medium-term.

Crisis line / Emergency 24/7: 514-934-4504

  • Available to men, women, adolescent and children, as well as family members of the victim;
  • Anonymous and confidential;
  • Emotional support, active listening;
  • Information and referral.

Mouvement contre le viol et l'inceste Tel: 514-278-9383
C.P. 211, Montréal (Québec) H2H 2N6
Email :

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am - 5pm

Language: French, Spanish and Creole

Clientele: Women and adolescent girls (14 and over).

Services (free of charge):

  • Support, referral and sensitization (not formal counselling, but follow-up), feminist approach;
  • Individual and group support (20 sessions, or more depending on need): aims at helping survivors feel power over their lives and the ability to stand up for their rights (Group: one meeting per week over 15 weeks;Individual: minimum of 4 meetings, depending on the personal situation);
  • Waiting list (varies from 2 weeks to a year): Café-rencontres are offered to clientele on waiting list in order to provide strategies to manage various situations linked to the victimization, as well as debating and analyzing topics linked to violence and sexual assault;
  • Public training, request for shelters.

Head and Hands Tel:514-481-0277Fax: 514-481-2336
5833, Sherbrooke West, Montréal, (QC) H4A 3P5
Email: - Website:

Office Hours:Monday through Thursday 10am – 9:30 pm, Friday 10am - 5pm

Language: English

Clientele: Women and adolescents,gay, bi-sexual, transgender

Services (free of charge):

  • Individual counselling (Rhonda): between 4 to 12 sessions, but no limitation for session. Counsellor does not work with patients with psychiatric disorder, except patient with depression (even on medication).

Email:

  • Medical clinic: open on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings. Client must be there before 5 pm.

Email:

  • 2 street workers are available until late at night in case a victim needs support following a recent sexual assault (third party present with police for example, filing a complaint, etc.);
  • Legal accompaniment (Ralph).

Email:

Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Students Society Tel: 514-398-8500
Basement of ShatnerUniversityCenter at McGillUniversity, 3480McTavish,RoomB27
Email: - Website:

Office Hours:Monday through Friday 1pm - 5:30pm

Helpline:Monday through Friday 1pm – 12am - Saturday and Sunday: 6pm – 12am

For detailed hours of operation, please check the website at

Language: English

Clientele: Women and adolescent girls (14 and over).

Services (free of charge):

  • Crisis Intervention (CI)
  • Support Groups (weekly meetings): hosted by two facilitators (trained volunteers, not trained psychotherapists or counsellors), provides a safe space for on-going healing and empowerment of survivors. Participation is open-ended. Victims are never forced to attend a set number of sessions;
  • The Accompaniment Branch: help the victim with legal or police procedures if needed;
  • Outreach program: educates and raises awareness about sexual assault and related issues. The outreach branch facilitates discussions in schools and community groups. Email:

CALACS (Centres d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel)
  • 514-620-4333 Fax: 514-620-6882
C.S.P. 46547, COP, Boul. St-Jean RPO, Pierrefonds (Québec), H9H 5G9 Email:

Office hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am - 5pm.

Language: French and English

Clientele: Women only, and adolescent girls depending on situation.

Services (free of charge and confidential):

  • Crisis (recent event or surfacing memories): 3 meetings
  • Individual and Group counselling sessions (open): 20 weeks; waiting list; group maximum of 5 or 6 persons;
  • Approach: Feminist; Clinical Supervision for staff
  • Adolescents: few referrals; would adapt intervention to their reality; might not be comfortable in group with older women; might find 20 weeks too much

Trêve pour Elles Tel: 514-251-0323  Fax: 514-251-2433
C.P. 56574, succ. Ontario, Montréal (Québec), H1W 3Z3
Email: - Website :

Office hours: Monday to Friday, from 9 am - 5pm. Some services are available on evenings. It is recommended to make an appointment to receive services.

Language: French

Clientele: women (18 and over), recent victims and survivors.

Services offered (free of charge):

  • Individual and group support;
  • Accompaniment throughout the judicial process;
  • Workshops on sexual assault prevention and sensitization;
  • Prevention training to organization and general population.

Centre d’expertise Marie-Vincent Tel: 514-285-0505  Fax: 514-499-1886
Email: Website:

Office hours: Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am - 6pm.

Clientele: Children 12 and under

Language: French and English

The CEMV brings together several services under one roof:

  • Police interviewsare performed by a trained detective from the Sexual Assault Division, SPVM.
  • Medical examination: Dr. Baltzer attends the clinic every two weeks on Thursdays. Any child who is suspected to have been sexually abused can be seen, as long as a police interview has been completed through the Entente Multisectorielle. Medicare # is requested. Dr. Baltzer needs to either have the referee present during the medical exam or to receive any relevant information regarding the case prior to the appointment. You need to call CEMV to set an appointment. Please note that CEMV does not do the medico-legal kit.
  • Psychosocial assessment and treatment:Cognitive-behavioral-family based therapy offered to victims of sexual abuse as well as children with sexual behaviour problems. Assessment process consists of 3 sessions for assessment of needs and a 4th to give recommendations, followed by 12 sessions for therapy, and an assessment to see if there are further needs. Therapy available for children between the ages of 4 and 12 years. For children with sexualized behaviour, therapy starting at age 6 (but possible before that age depending on the severity of the displayed behaviours).
  • Personalized Services to support parent(s) upon disclosure (only available when the police interview was conducted at CMV):The Centre offersservices that meet the parents' specific needs in order to help them cope with the situation and support them in their parental role; accompany the parents throughout the various stages of the medical, social and social-judicial process upon disclosure by their child.
  • Socio-Judicial Services: The CMV works closely with social-judicial partners such as CAVAC and IVAC and to ensure follow-up with them.

IMPORTANT:

  • Parents do not access services directly, only through referrals from the police, DYP or IVAC; therefore, the initial call must be made by DYP workers;
  • The IVAC package must be sent and approved before CEMV begins the services; this is only for victims of sexual abuse – not children with sexual behavior problems;
  • Upon completion of services and if need be, CEMV can make referrals to other services.

Criteria for acceptance:

  • Children must be 12 years and under;
  • Children must be supported by a non-offending parent (or a significant person, i.e. caregiver) so that s/he can actively participate in the therapy process;
  • Services only accessible to Faits Fondés (facts founded – abuse confirmed) cases, if there has been a police investigation, or in the case of sexual behaviour problems.

CRI-PHASE (Centre de recherche et d’Intervention pour les hommes abusés sexuellement pendant l’Enfance) Tel: 514-529-5567  Fax: 514-529-0571
8105, de Gaspé, suite 100, Montréal, QC, H2P 2J9
Email: - Website:

Office hours: Monday to Friday, from 9 am -5pm.

Language: French and English

CRIPHASE is managed by men who were sexually abused during their childhood for men who were sexually abused in their childhood.

Services offered to men (18 and over):

  • Support groups intended for men who were sexually abused during their childhood;
  • Support groups intended for spouses of survivors who want to help them in their recovery process;
  • Support groups to help deal with the aftermath of past victimization at the sexual level;
  • Art therapy groups to allow sexually abused men to renew contact with their body and the space surrounding it;
  • Individual meeting with a professional (available for survivors who have completed PHASE 1 support group);
  • Assistance meeting service is offered to survivors who have completed PHASE 1 and their partners; however, this is not an individual therapy - it is only a listening and support meeting;
  • Workshops and trainings for counsellors and speakers.

Montreal Assault Prevention Centre Tel: 514-284-1212  Fax: 514-284-1017
P.O. Box 237, Succursale Place du Parc, Montréal, Québec H2X 4A4
Email:  Website:

Office hours:Monday to Thursday: 9:30a.m. - 4:30p.m.

Services:

Prevention Programs to learn simple and effective prevention tools and encourage a society where violence is unacceptable;

  • Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Project;
  • Self defense for women and teen girls;
  • Workshop for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Association québécoise Plaidoyer-Victimes Tel. :514-526-9037  Fax : 514-526-9951
4305, rue d'Iberville, bureau 201, Montréal (Québec) H2H 2L5
Email:  Website:

The mission of this organization is to promote and stand up for the rights and interests of persons who have been victims of criminal acts.

Challenges Program – BatshawYouth & Family Centres Tel: 514-932-7161
Program Manager: Jocelyn Labbé, ext. 1671

Language: English.

Clientele: children and adolescents.

The Challenges Program provides individual and family counselling to children and youth exhibiting sexual behaviour problems and youth who have been convicted of sexual offences. The goals of the program are to reduce the incidence of sexual victimization, to support children and youth in ceasing sexually abusive and sexually aggressive behaviour, and to counsel parents and caregivers on how to respond to problematic sexual behaviours.The Challenges Program offers, where appropriate, safety planning, individual and family counselling sessions, and support to other professional interveners.

Services:

  • Individual case consultation andTeam consultation;
  • Assessment:An assessment is completed for every client referred to the Challenges Treatment Program. The purpose of the assessment is to provide an in-depth understanding of the child and family, in order to guide intervention and to develop treatment goals and modalities.
  • Individual counselling and family counselling:The program’s interventions are based on a cognitive-behavioural model. Interventions include acceptance of responsibility, cognitive restructuring, improvement of family and social relationships, building interpersonal skills and social support networks, victim awareness and empathy, and relapse prevention.Individual and family intervention can last from 3 to 18 months, depending on the needs of the child/youth or family.

Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal Tel.: 514-648-8461 Fax: 514-494-4406
10905 Henri-Bourassa Blvd East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H1C 1H1
Website:

Language: English and French

Clientele: Adults and Adolescents who have admitted to having problematic sexual behaviours.

Services:

  • Adult Sex Offenders: Assessment and treatment services provided through this program can be spread out over a period of 6 to 12 months, which is the average length of stay for a patient at the Institute.
  • Adolescent Assessment and Treatment Program: The adolescent unitreceives adolescents between 14 and18 who exhibit violent behaviour related to a psychiatric problem or severe psychological disorder. This unit cares for approximately 15 patients at a time.Youth are referred to the Institute by the Court of Québec's Youth Division (under the Youth Protection Act or Youth Criminal Justice Act) or following an order from the Commission d'examen des troubles mentaux.The mission is to assess, treat and aid in social reintegration. If required, these youth may be followed by outpatient services.

Centre d’Intervention en Délinquance Sexuelle (C.I.D.S.) Tel : 450-967-3941 Fax : 450-967-7845
Casier postal 27524, Franchise Pont-Viau, Laval (Québec) H7G 4Y2
Email:

Language: English and French