The program is for francophone youth aged 14 to 18 from Western Quebec.
There is also a separate program for anglophone youth on site.
Francophone youth from Eastern Quebec are served by Portage's drug rehabilitation centre in Saint-Malachie.
The program’s duration is determined by each individual’s needs, motivation, and readiness for treatment; it can be up to six months.
All Portage programs in Quebec are free of charge and are largely funded by the Government of Quebec.
The centre is located in Prevost, near lac Écho, in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains. The adress is 1790, chemin du lac Écho, Prevost, QC JOR 1TO - Phone number 514 694-9894
The adolescent program for francophone youth is offered in French. A program for anglophone youth is also available on-site.
Admission is voluntary. You can either contact Portage or Access Mechanism in your region to schedule an appointment, during which the adolescent’s needs and desire to undertake the rehabilitation process will be evaluated. An appointment at the centre will also give the potential resident a chance to look around and get a better idea about the environment and the services that are offered.
Please contact the centre for more information.
No. Referrals to the program can be made by the clients themselves, their families or guardians, social service agencies, hospitals, community resources, courts, schools, and other treatment providers.
Residents can speak with their family members on the telephone three times a week. After two weeks, a case conference is organised with the family and the resident. After three weeks of therapy, the first family visit occurs on Portage's premises for a six hour period. Once the resident reaches a certain level in their therapy, they can leave the centre for day visits with their family every two weeks, and can eventually spend the weekends with their family, which helps them prepare for social reintegration. The family visit schedule is subject to change, at the discretion of the resident’s caseworker.
The program is for Quebec anglophone youth aged 14 to 18 years.
There is also a separate program for francophone youth on site.
The program’s duration is determined by each individual’s needs, motivation, and readiness for treatment; it can be up to six months.
Thanks to government funding and private donations, Portage is able to provide its rehabilitation services free of charge for residents of the provinces with which we have agreements, with only nominal fees to pay.
The centre is located in Prevost, near lac Écho, in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains. The adress is 1790, chemin du lac Écho, Prevost, QC J0R 1T0. Phone number is 450-224-2944
The program's service centre is located in Pointe-Claire, in the West Island of Montreal. Phone number is 514 694-9894
The adolescent program for anglophone youth is offered in English. A program for francophone youth is also available on-site.
Admission is voluntary. You can either contact Portage or the “Youth Access Mechanism” (through Pavillon Foster) to schedule an appointment, during which the adolescent’s needs and desire to undertake the rehabilitation process will be evaluated. An appointment at the centre will also give the potential resident a chance to look around and get a better idea about the environment and the services that are offered.
Please contact the centre for more information.
No. Referrals to the program can be made by the clients themselves, their families or guardians, social service agencies, hospitals, community resources, courts, schools, and other treatment providers.
Residents can speak with their family members on the telephone three times a week. After three weeks of therapy, the first family visit occurs on Portage premises for a 6 hour period. Following this initial visit, residents can leave the centre for day visits with their family every 3 weeks. Once the resident reaches a certain level in their therapy, they can spend the weekends with their family, which helps them prepare for social reintegration. The family visit schedule is subject to change, at the discretion of the resident’s caseworker.
The program is for francophone youth aged 14 to 18 from Eastern Quebec.
Francophone youth from Western Quebec are served by Portage's rehabilitation centre in Prevost, which also has a program for anglophone youth.
The program’s duration is determined by each individual’s needs, motivation, and readiness for treatment; it can be up to six months.
Thanks to government funding and private donations, Portage is able to provide this rehabilitation service free of charge to Quebec residents, with only nominal fees to pay.
The centre is located in Saint-Malachie, near Quebec City. The adress is 244, chemin de la Montagne, Saint-Malachie, QC G0R 3N0 - Phone number: 418 642-2472
The adolescent program for francophone youth is offered in French. A program for anglophone youth is available in at the Portage centre in Prévost.
Admission is voluntary. You can either contact Portage or Access Mechanism in your region to schedule an appointment, during which the adolescent’s needs and desire to undertake the rehabilitation process will be evaluated. An appointment at the centre will also give the potential resident a chance to look around and get a better idea about the environment and the services that are offered.
Please contact the centre for more information.
No. Referrals to the program can be made by the clients themselves, their families or guardians, social service agencies, hospitals, community resources, courts, schools, and other treatment providers.
After a month of therapy at Portage, residents can go home to visit their family every 2 weekends. The family visit schedule is subject to change, at the discretion of the resident’s caseworker.
Atlantic Canadian youth between the ages of 14 and 21, with substance abuse problems.
The program’s duration is determined by each individual’s needs, motivation, and readiness for treatment; it can be up to six months.
Thanks to government funding and private donations, Portage is able to provide its rehabilitation services free of charge for residents of the provinces with which we have agreements, with only nominal fees to pay.
The centre is located on the shores of Cassidy Lake, near de Sussex, New Brunswick, in the Parish of Norton. The postal adress is P.O. Box 339, Norton, NB, E5T 1J7 - Phone number: 506 839-1200.
It is a bilingual program with services offered in English and in French.
Admission to the program is voluntary. An interview is conducted prior to admission, during which the client’s needs and readiness are evaluated. It also gives the potential client a chance to visit the centre to get a better idea about the environment and the services that are offered.
Please contact the centre for more information.
No. Referrals to the program can be made by the clients themselves, their families or guardians, social service agencies, hospitals, community resources, courts, schools, and other treatment providers.
After the resident has been at Portage for at least three weeks, family members can take the residents off the premises for their first 6 hour visit. Following this initial visit, residents can leave the centre with their family for 12 hour periods every two weeks, until the resident reaches a certain level in their therapy where they are granted 48 hour visits with their families (or 72 hours of the family lives very far from the centre). The family visit schedule is subject to change, at the discretion of the resident’s caseworker.
Portage Elora welcomes young people with substance abuse problems, aged 14 to 18+ from all regions of Ontario in a stable state of mental health.
The program’s duration is determined by each individual’s needs, motivation, and readiness for treatment; it can be up to six months.
Thanks to government funding and private donations, Portage is able to provide its rehabilitation services free of charge to Ontario residents, with only nominal fees to pay.
Portage Elora is funded in part by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) through the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN), by the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS), several children’s aid societies, and by the Portage Ontario Foundation through the Portage Ontario Youth Treatment Fund.
The MOHLTC provides a limited number of beds (at no cost to residents), as does the Portage Ontario Youth Treatment Fund. At times, there are waiting lists for these beds. Portage is also licensed by the MCYS to provide beds on a fee for service basis to Children’s Aid Societies and to individuals or families who wish to pay for immediate access to treatment. Please contact the admissions office at Portage Elora for the current rate.
The centre is located in Elora, near Guelph, Ontario. The address is 6681 Irvine Street, Elora, ON N0B 1S0 - T. 519 846-0945.
The program is offered in English.
Admission to the program is voluntary. An interview is conducted prior to admission, during which the client’s needs and readiness are evaluated. It also gives the potential client a chance to visit the centre to get a better idea about the environment and the services that are offered.
Please contact the centre for more information.
No. Referrals to the program can be made by the clients themselves, their families or guardians, social service agencies, hospitals, community resources, courts, schools, and other treatment providers.
After the resident has been at Portage for at least 2 weeks, the first family visit occurs on Portage premises for a 3 hour period. After 30 days in treatment, family members can take the resident offsite for a 6 hour visit. Two weeks after that, requests can be submitted for residents to leave the centre with their family every two weeks for 9 hour periods at first, and then 12 hour periods, until they reach a certain level in their therapy where they can stay with their family members for a 24 hour period. Once they have reached this level, subsequent visit durations increase by 12 hour increments, so the following visit is 36 hours, then 48 hours, etc. The family visit schedule is subject to change, at the discretion of the resident’s caseworker.
