About Us

Media Information

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Overview

Niagara Children’s Centre is a child development and rehabilitation (treatment) centre serving children and youth with physical, developmental and/or communicative delays or disabilities.

The Centre serves 12 municipalities of the Region of Niagara and core services include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.

Secondary services include: social work; medical clinics (neurodevelopmental paediatrics, physical medicine and complex care); specialty clinics (alternative and augmentative communication, seating and mobility); gait lab; resource consultants; recreation therapy; aquatics; and behavioural consultation.

Programs and services are delivered at locations operated by the Centre as well as at satellites, schools, child care centres and other community locations.

2023-24 Statistics

6,528 children served
3,339 new referrals
48,877 visits

41,597 in person
5,460 telephone
2,367 virtual

Waitlist numbers as of March 31, 2024

# Waiting for Assessment – 3,336
# Assessed but waiting for Treatment – 556

Centre Information

Located at 567 Glenridge Avenue; some satellite locations
Governance – board comprised of 11 members
Administration: CEO, director of clinical services, director corporate services and finance, director of development, manager of human resources, clinical mangers (4)
Employ approximately 120 full- and part-time staff
One of 21 children’s treatment centres in Ontario
Member of Empowered Kids Ontario (EKO), the provincial association for children’s rehabilitation and child development centres – one voice to government
Annual budget of approximately $11 million (see Our Funding section below for information on funding sources)

Vision, Mission and Values

Our Vision

Niagara’s Children and Youth at Their Best.

Ends Policy (Mission)

We enable children and youth with physical, developmental and communicative delays or disabilities to achieve their optimal potential within their home, school and community environments.

We do this through delivering a continuum of therapeutic supports and services to children and families and by working with our partners to deliver coordinated, integrated and family-centred care.

Our Values