Menu

  • Health Open submenu
  • Transportation Open submenu
  • Environment Open submenu
  • Recreation Open submenu
  • Business Open submenu
  • Support Open submenu
  • Newsroom Open submenu
  • York Region Open submenu
  • Report A Problem
  • Join Our Team
Close submenu

Health

  • Breastfeeding Open submenu
  • Dental Open submenu
  • Environmental Health Open submenu
  • Food Safety Open submenu
  • Health Information Line - Health Connection
  • Health Professionals Open submenu
  • Healthy Schools Open submenu
  • Immunizations Open submenu
  • Infectious Diseases and Prevention Open submenu
  • Injury Prevention Open submenu
  • Inspections, Investigations and Monitoring Open submenu
  • Long-Term Care and Supports Open submenu
  • Nutrition Open submenu
  • Paramedic Services Open submenu
  • Parenting Open submenu
  • Physical Activity Open submenu
  • Prenatal and Newborns Open submenu
  • Sexual Health Open submenu
  • Substance Use Open submenu
Close submenu

Breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding Clinics
  • Breastfeeding Information and Support
Close submenu

Dental

  • Dental Care Clinics for Children
  • Dental Screening
  • Information for Dental and Other Health Professionals and Educators
  • Regular Dental Coverage
  • Seniors Dental Program
  • Urgent or Emergency Dental Coverage
  • Your Oral Health
Close submenu

Environmental Health

  • Bed Bugs
  • Extreme Cold
  • Extreme Heat
  • Giant Hogweed
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Outdoor Air Quality Open submenu
  • Pesticides
  • Preventing Rats and Rodent Infestations
Close submenu

Outdoor Air Quality

  • Air Quality Resources
Close submenu

Food Safety

  • Food Handler Certification Program
  • Food Premises Operators
  • Food Safety at Home
  • Food Safety in Schools
  • Guidance on Eating Fish
  • Raw Milk
  • Special Events, Farmers' Markets and Wild Game Dinners
  • YorkSafe Inspection Program
Close submenu

Health Professionals

  • Announcements and Resources
  • COVID-19 Information for Health Professionals
  • Cannabis
  • Child Growth and Development
  • E-Newsletter for Health Care Professionals
  • Early Years Support Services Registry
  • Health Statistics and Reports
  • Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Management
  • Information for Dental and Other Health Professionals and Educators
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Monkeypox
  • Quitting Smoking
  • Sexual Health and Blood Borne Infections Information
  • Substance Use and Harm Reduction Information for Health Professionals
  • Tuberculosis
  • Vaccination Information for Healthcare Professionals
Close submenu

Healthy Schools

  • Healthy Schools Program
  • Mental Health and Well-Being for Schools
  • Nutrition for Schools
  • Physical Activity for Schools
  • Sexual Health Support and Resources for Educators
Close submenu

Immunizations

  • COVID-19 Vaccination
  • Influenza - The Flu
  • Public Health Community Immunization Clinics
  • School Immunization Program
  • Update Immunization Information
  • Vaccination Information for Healthcare Professionals
  • What to Expect at an Immunization Clinic
Close submenu

Infectious Diseases and Prevention

  • A Public Health Guide For Child Care Providers
  • Beach Water Testing
  • COVID-19 Open submenu
  • Designated Officer Program for Emergency Workers
  • Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Management
  • Leptospirosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Preventing Infections
  • Rabies Control
  • Spa and Salon Safety
  • Travel Health
  • Tuberculosis
  • West Nile Virus
Close submenu

COVID-19

  • COVID-19 Vaccination
  • COVID-19 Information for Health Professionals
Close submenu

Injury Prevention

  • Car Seat Safety
  • Childhood Falls
  • Concussions
  • Cycling Education
  • Healthy Aging and Fall Prevention
  • Home Safety
  • Playground Safety
  • Pool and Hot Tub Safety
Close submenu

Inspections, Investigations and Monitoring

  • Beach Water Testing
  • Infection Prevention and Control Lapses
  • Lyme Disease
  • Small Drinking Water System Operators
  • Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Convictions
  • West Nile Virus
  • YorkSafe Inspection Program Open submenu
  • Farm Operators with International Workers
Close submenu

YorkSafe Inspection Program

  • Charges and Orders
  • YorkSafe Inspection Reports
Close submenu

Long-Term Care and Supports

  • Adult Day Programs
  • Client Intervention and Support Services
  • Housing with Supports
  • Long-term Care Homes
  • Seniors Dental Program
Close submenu

Nutrition

  • Cooking in the Community
  • Feeding Babies and Young Children
  • Food Access and Insecurity
  • Healthy Eating for New and Expecting Mothers
  • Nutrition For Child Care Centres
  • Nutrition for Schools
  • Workplace Nutrition
Close submenu

Paramedic Services

  • Ambulance Patient Record Release
  • CPR and AEDs
  • Paramedic Recruitment
  • Personal Medical Information Kits
  • Request Paramedic Services for your Event
  • When to call 911
Close submenu

Parenting

  • Child Growth and Development
  • Children with Special Needs
  • EarlyON Child and Family Centres
  • Family Violence
  • Feeding Babies and Young Children
  • Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program
  • Mental Health and Wellness in Pregnancy and Parenthood
  • Parenting Education and Support
  • Positive Discipline
  • Prenatal and Newborns
  • Transition to Parenting
Close submenu

Physical Activity

  • Active Play
  • Active Transportation
  • Healthy Built Environment
  • Physical Activity Guidelines
  • Physical Literacy
Close submenu

Prenatal and Newborns

  • Breastfeeding Clinics
  • Breastfeeding Information and Support
  • Eating well before and after baby arrives
  • Health During Pregnancy
  • Home Visits for New Moms
  • Mental Health and Wellness in Pregnancy and Parenthood
  • Preconception Health
  • Prenatal Education
  • Prenatal Nutrition Program
  • A New Baby
Close submenu

Sexual Health

  • Sexual Health Support and Resources for Educators
  • Street Outreach
Close submenu

Substance Use

  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Harm Reduction
  • Opioids
  • Quitting Smoking
  • Smoke-Free and Vape-Free Spaces
  • Street Outreach
  • Talking to Kids about Drugs
  • Tobacco, Vaping and Youth
  • Vaping and ecigarettes
Close submenu

Transportation

  • Traffic Camera Enforcement Open submenu
  • Cycling Open submenu
  • Environmental Assessment Study
  • Provincial Offences Tickets Open submenu
  • Roads Open submenu
  • Traffic Open submenu
  • Transportation Demand Management
  • York Region Transit (YRT)
Close submenu

Traffic Camera Enforcement

  • Automated Red Light Camera Enforcement
  • Automated Speed Enforcement
  • Pay an Automated Traffic Penalty
Close submenu

Cycling

  • Pedestrian and Cycling Municipal Partnership Program
  • Construction Design Guidelines and Standards
  • Cycling Education
  • Cycling Maps
  • Lake to Lake Cycling Route and Walking Trail
Close submenu

Provincial Offences Tickets

  • Appealing a conviction or sentence
  • Check Status of Tickets and Fines
  • Court Accessibility Support
  • Court Feedback
  • Mandatory Court Appointment Booking
  • Pay A Ticket or Fine
  • Provincial Offences Forms and Resources
  • Remote Trials and Disclosure
  • Tickets and Summons
Close submenu

Roads

  • Lake to Lake Cycling Route and Walking Trail
  • Road Weight Restrictions
  • Roads Operations
  • Roundabouts
  • Mailbox Damage Reimbursement
  • Municipal Consent to Move or Install Utilities
  • Regional Roads
  • Road Use and Road Sign Permits
  • Report Street Lamp Outage
  • Report of Vehicle Damage
  • Road Closures
  • Streetscape Program
  • Road Construction Schedule Open submenu
Close submenu

Road Construction Schedule

  • 19th Avenue
  • Highway 404 Road Crossing
  • Langstaff Road
  • Rutherford Road
  • Teston Road IEA Study
  • Teston Road
  • Yonge Street Davis Drive Green Lane
  • Rutherford Road
Close submenu

Traffic

  • Automated Red Light Cameras
  • Automated Speed Enforcement
  • Roads and Traffic Operations Centre
  • Roundabouts
  • Speed Monitoring Boards
  • Traffic Cameras
  • Traffic Data Request
  • Traffic Safety Program
  • Traffic Signals and Pedestrian Crossovers
Close submenu

Environment

  • Environmental Assessment Study
  • Environmental Health Open submenu
  • Forests Open submenu
  • Garbage and Recycling Open submenu
  • Request Environmental Site Assessment Data for a Property
  • Water and Wastewater Open submenu
Close submenu

Environmental Health

  • Bed Bugs
  • Extreme Cold
  • Extreme Heat
  • Giant Hogweed
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Outdoor Air Quality
  • Pesticides
  • Preventing Rats and Rodent Infestations
Close submenu

Forests

  • Emerald Ash Borer
  • Environmental Land Conservation Open submenu
  • Giant Hogweed
  • Outdoor Education
  • Red Pine Decline
  • Tree Planting Programs
  • York Regional Forest
  • York Regional Forest Management
  • Pesticides
  • Tree Cutting
  • York Regional Forest Walks and Events
Close submenu

Environmental Land Conservation

  • Tree Cutting
Close submenu

Garbage and Recycling

  • Bindicator
  • Compost and Green Bin
  • Hazardous Waste and Special Items Disposal
  • Integrated Waste Management Master Plan
  • Recycling and Blue Box
  • Waste Depots
  • Waste Education
  • What Happens to our Garbage?
  • Yard Waste
Close submenu

Water and Wastewater

  • Beach Water Testing
  • Construction Design Guidelines and Standards
  • Drinking Water Quality and Monitoring
  • Drinking Water Source Protection
  • Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant
  • Inflow and Infiltration
  • Mobile Drinking Water Trailer
  • Municipal Water Supply
  • Outdoor Water-Use Bylaws
  • Private Well Water Testing
  • Sewer Use Permits
  • Small Drinking Water System Operators
  • Student Water Conservation Programs
  • Upper York Sewage Solutions
  • Wastewater Collection and Treatment
  • Water and Wastewater Construction Projects
  • Water and Wastewater Master Plan
Close submenu

Recreation

  • Beach Water Testing
  • Cycling
  • Having an Event Open submenu
  • Outdoor Education
  • Physical Activity Open submenu
  • Playground Safety
  • Pool and Hot Tub Safety
  • Recreation Subsidies
  • Things to do in York Region
  • Trails
  • York Regional Forest
Close submenu

Having an Event

  • Booth Hosting at Fairs and Festivals
  • Medical Standby Paramedics
  • Mobile Drinking Water Trailer
  • Special Events, Farmers' Markets and Wild Game Dinners
Close submenu

Physical Activity

  • Active Play
  • Active Transportation
  • Healthy Built Environment
  • Physical Activity Guidelines
  • Physical Literacy
Close submenu

Business

  • Assistance for Businesses Open submenu
  • Assistance for Non-profits Open submenu
  • Doing Business With York Region Open submenu
  • Economic and Development Services Open submenu
  • Information for Investors Open submenu
  • Water Saving and Protection Incentives For Businesses
Close submenu

Assistance for Businesses

  • Economic Development Action Plan
  • Employment Survey
  • Funding for Child Care Operators
  • Volunteer and Employee Recruiting
  • York Link
  • York Small Business Enterprise Centre
Close submenu

Assistance for Non-profits

  • Community Investment Fund
  • Volunteer and Employee Recruiting
Close submenu

Doing Business With York Region

  • Current Bids and Tenders
  • Information for Suppliers
  • Suspended Suppliers List
Close submenu

Economic and Development Services

  • Land Development Open submenu
  • Supporting Regional Growth
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Assistance for Businesses
  • Economic Development Action Plan
  • Things to do in York Region
Close submenu

Land Development

  • Call Before You Dig – Locates
  • Construction Design Guidelines and Standards
  • Development Application Supporting Studies
  • Development Charges
  • Development Construction Inspection Open submenu
  • Development Engineering Review
  • Development Financial and Servicing Incentives
  • Development Planning Review
  • Drinking Water Source Protection
  • Environmental Assessment Study
  • Land Development Legal Services Open submenu
  • Non-Potable Groundwater Requests
  • Request Environmental Site Assessment Data for a Property
  • Road Design Drawing Storage and Retrieval
  • Source Water Protection Permit
  • Streetscape Program
Close submenu

Development Construction Inspection

  • Development Financial and Servicing Incentives
Close submenu

Land Development Legal Services

  • Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Transfer of Review Program
Close submenu

Information for Investors

  • Credit Ratings
  • Municipal Performance
  • York Link
Close submenu

Support

  • Children's Services Open submenu
  • Financial Assistance Open submenu
  • Housing Open submenu
  • Newcomer Services
  • Ontario Works Open submenu
  • Street Outreach
Close submenu

Children's Services

  • A Public Health Guide For Child Care Providers
  • Child Care Fee Subsidy
  • Child Care Information for Parents
  • Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan
  • Children with Special Needs
  • Early Years Support Services Registry
  • EarlyON Child and Family Centres
  • Funding for Child Care Operators
  • KIDS Line
  • Nutrition For Child Care Centres
  • Recreation Subsidies
  • Red Flags Guide
  • Training and Supports for Early Learning and Child Care Professionals
Close submenu

Financial Assistance

  • Child Care Fee Subsidy
  • Food Access and Insecurity
  • Homemakers Services
  • Ontario Works
  • Recreation Subsidies
  • Rent and Utility Assistance
Close submenu

Housing

  • Applying for Subsidized Housing
  • Current Subsidized Housing Applicant Information
  • Emergency and Transitional Housing
  • Housing Affordability
  • Housing Locations
  • Housing Solutions: A place for everyone
  • Housing with Supports
  • Housing York Inc.
  • Housing York Inc. Tenant Information
  • Information for Housing Providers
  • Market Rent with Housing York
  • New Developments and Proposed Projects
  • Rent and Utility Assistance
Close submenu

Ontario Works

  • Appealing Decisions
  • Applying for Financial Assistance
  • Assistance for Young Parents
  • Financial Assistance and Other Benefits
  • Getting Payments and Information Updates
  • Moving Towards Employment
  • Recreation Subsidies
Close submenu

Newsroom

  • App Centre
  • Campaigns & Projects
  • e-Newsletter
  • Events Open submenu
  • Media Inquiries
  • Media Releases
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Public Consultations
  • Public Notices
Close submenu

Events

  • Request Paramedic Services for your Event
  • Things to do in York Region
Close submenu

York Region

  • Accessibility Open submenu
  • Bylaws Open submenu
  • Careers Open submenu
  • Community Outreach Open submenu
  • Contact Us
  • Council and Committee Open submenu
  • Emergencies Open submenu
  • Fees for Service Open submenu
  • Finances Open submenu
  • Local Municipalities
  • Municipal Election Open submenu
  • Permits Open submenu
  • Plans, Reports and Strategies Open submenu
  • Privacy and Disclaimer Open submenu
  • Provincial Offences Tickets Open submenu
  • Regional Property Taxes
  • Regional Services
  • Report a Problem
  • Resources
  • Senior Management Open submenu
  • Statistics and Data Open submenu
  • Traffic Camera Enforcement Open submenu
  • Vision
Close submenu

Accessibility

  • Accessibility Advisory Committee
  • Accessibility Legislation
  • Accessibility Plans
  • Accessibility Policy and Training
Close submenu

Bylaws

  • Outdoor Water-Use Bylaws
Close submenu

Careers

  • A Career With York Region
  • Application Process
  • Internationally Trained Professionals
  • Paramedic Recruitment
  • Student Opportunities
Close submenu

Community Outreach

  • Booth Hosting at Fairs and Festivals
  • Mobile Drinking Water Trailer
  • Street Outreach
Close submenu

Council and Committee

  • Agendas, Minutes and Reports
  • Code of Conduct
  • Council
  • Live Streaming
  • Regional Committees
Close submenu

Emergencies

  • Continuity Planning and Emergency Preparedness for Business
  • Emergency Management
  • Preparing for emergencies Open submenu
  • When to call 911
  • York Regional Police
Close submenu

Preparing for emergencies

  • Emergency Social Services
  • How to recover after an emergency
  • How to stay safe during an emergency
  • Start planning before an emergency
  • What to do if you receive an emergency notification
Close submenu

Fees for Service

  • Schedule of Fees and Charges
  • Traffic Data Request
Close submenu

Finances

  • Community and Annual Reports
  • Budgets
  • Credit Ratings
Close submenu

Municipal Election

  • Candidate Financial Statements
Close submenu

Permits

  • Call Before You Dig – Locates
  • Tree Cutting
  • Regional Insurance Certificate Form
  • Sewer Use Permits
  • Source Water Protection Permit
  • Special Events, Farmers' Markets and Wild Game Dinners
  • Municipal Consent to Move or Install Utilities
  • Road Use and Road Sign Permits
Close submenu

Plans, Reports and Strategies

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Archaeological Management Plan
  • Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan
  • Climate Change Action Plan
  • Community and Annual Reports
  • Community Safety and Well-Being Plan
  • Corporate Asset Management
  • Strategic Plan
  • Economic Development Action Plan
  • Employment and Industry Report
  • Energy Reporting
  • Greening Strategy
  • Growth and Development Review
  • Healthy Built Environment
  • Housing Solutions: A place for everyone
  • Integrated Waste Management Master Plan
  • Long Term Water Conservation Strategy
  • Plan to Support Seniors
  • Transportation Master Plan
  • Water and Wastewater Master Plan
  • York Region Paramedic Services Master Plan
  • Sustainable Mobility Plan
Close submenu

Privacy and Disclaimer

  • Website Terms of Use
  • Freedom of Information Inquiries
  • Personal Health Information Protection Act
  • Social Media Terms of Use
  • Mobile App Terms of Use
Close submenu

Provincial Offences Tickets

  • Check Status of Tickets and Fines
  • Court Accessibility Support
  • Court Customer Service
  • Court Feedback
  • Pay A Ticket or Fine
  • Provincial Offences Appeals
  • Trial Information and Requesting Disclosure
  • Tickets and Summons
  • Provincial Offences Forms and Resources
Close submenu

Senior Management

  • Office of the Chairman and CEO
  • Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
  • Senior Management Team
Close submenu

Statistics and Data

  • Census And Demographic Data
  • Community Data Resources
  • Health Statistics and Reports
  • Open Data
  • Traffic Data Request
  • York Region Public Health Annual Report
Close submenu

Traffic Camera Enforcement

  • Automated Red Light Camera Enforcement
  • Automated Speed Enforcement
  • Pay an Automated Traffic Penalty
Skip to main content
Home Print logo
  • Report A Problem
  • Join Our Team
  • Health
    • Breastfeeding
    • Dental
    • Environmental Health
    • Food Safety
    • Health Information Line - Health Connection
    • Health Professionals
    • Healthy Schools
    • Immunizations
    • Infectious Diseases and Prevention
    • Injury Prevention
    • Inspections, Investigations and Monitoring
    • Long-Term Care and Supports
    • Nutrition
    • Paramedic Services
    • Parenting
    • Physical Activity
    • Prenatal and Newborns
    • Sexual Health
    • Substance Use
  • Transportation
    • Traffic Camera Enforcement
    • Cycling
    • Environmental Assessment Study
    • Provincial Offences Tickets
    • Roads
    • Traffic
    • Transportation Demand Management
    • York Region Transit (YRT)
  • Environment
    • Environmental Assessment Study
    • Environmental Health
    • Forests
    • Garbage and Recycling
    • Request Environmental Site Assessment Data for a Property
    • Water and Wastewater
  • Recreation
    • Beach Water Testing
    • Cycling
    • Having an Event
    • Outdoor Education
    • Physical Activity
    • Playground Safety
    • Pool and Hot Tub Safety
    • Recreation Subsidies
    • Things to do in York Region
    • Trails
    • York Regional Forest
  • Business
    • Assistance for Businesses
    • Assistance for Non-profits
    • Doing Business With York Region
    • Economic and Development Services
    • Information for Investors
    • Water Saving and Protection Incentives For Businesses
  • Support
    • Children's Services
    • Financial Assistance
    • Housing
    • Newcomer Services
    • Ontario Works
    • Street Outreach
  • Newsroom
    • App Centre
    • Campaigns & Projects
    • e-Newsletter
    • Events
    • Media Inquiries
    • Media Releases
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Public Consultations
    • Public Notices
  • York Region
    • Accessibility
    • Bylaws
    • Careers
    • Community Outreach
    • Contact Us
    • Council and Committee
    • Emergencies
    • Fees for Service
    • Finances
    • Local Municipalities
    • Municipal Election
    • Permits
    • Plans, Reports and Strategies
    • Privacy and Disclaimer
    • Provincial Offences Tickets
    • Regional Property Taxes
    • Regional Services
    • Report a Problem
    • Resources
    • Senior Management
    • Statistics and Data
    • Traffic Camera Enforcement
    • Vision

Status message

La traduction française de cette page n'est pas disponible ; vous êtes redirigé vers la page en anglais / French translation for this page is unavailable; you are being redirected to the English-language page
  1. Home
  2. Health

Breastfeeding

York Region provides information on the importance of breastfeeding as well as virtual and in-person  instruction and resources for parents who need support.

nurse

Breastfeeding Clinics

Parents can receive free face-to-face or virtual breastfeeding assistance with a nurse.
  • Read More
Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Information and Support

Reasons for breastfeeding, keys to successful breastfeeding and information for parents who need support.
  • Read More

Health Connection

Phone & Email

1-800-361-5653
TTY (for the deaf or hard of hearing): 1-866-512-6228
childfamily@york.ca

Address

17150 Yonge St
Newmarket, ON L3Y 8V3

Accessibility

Accessible formats or communication supports are available upon request.

Looking for contact information not listed here?
See All Contact Info
Home Print logo
York Region
  • Accessibility
  • Affiliated Sites
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Council
  • Maps
  • York Region Transit
  • York Regional Police
  • YorkNet

Copyright © 2022-2025. The Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

Privacy and Disclaimer

facebook
twitter
youtube
linkedin
flickr
instagram
pinterest
e-newsroom
app centre
Home Print logo