The following information is updated on an ongoing basis, so please check back here often.

Canadian Federal Government resources

CMHC    http://www.cmhc.ca/
Once you are in the CMHC website some excellent publications to look up are:

• Maintaining Seniors’ Independence: A Guide to Home Adaptations
• Maintaining Seniors’ Independence Through Home Adaptations: A Self Assessment Guide
• At Home with Alzheimer’s Disease

The easiest way to find these guides is, from the main page, under the Consumer section, click on ‘More’ then click on ‘Publications and Reports’. One the page that loads, type ‘seniors independence home adaptations’ (without the ‘ ) into the search box, and both of the above documents will be in the results.

Information about reverse mortgages:
http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/eng/consumers/mortgages/reverseMort/index-eng.asp

{Canadian Home Income Plan (CHIP) - Canada’s only provider of Reverse Mortgages: http://chip.ca }

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

To get the address and phone number of the office closest to you go to their web site: http://.cra-arc.gc.ca

Health Canada - There is a great deal of information here dealing with assistance and educational materials for seniors that is provided by the federal government.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/seniors-aines/index.eng.php

Human Resources & Skills Development Development Canada - For information on Old Age Security Pension, Retirement Pension, Survivor Benefits and Spousal Allowance call (819) 994-6313 or go to: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/oas-cpp/index.shtml

Reference Canada - If you are not sure where to find certain information they will refer you to the right department as well as answer some basic questions. To contact them call 1-800-OCanada (622-6232) or go to www.canada.gc.ca

Veterans’ Affairs – www.vac-acc.gc.ca

Canadian Provincial Government Resources

Provincial Government Enquiry Centres

The following provincial enquiry numbers will provide information for any government departments.

British Columbia 1-800-663-7867    Email: EnquiryBC@gov.bc.ca

Alberta 1-800-310-000

Manitoba 1-866-626-4862    Email: mgi@gov.mb.ca

Ontario 1-800-267-8097

Quebec 1-877 644-4545

New Brunswick 1-888-762-8600

Nova Scotia 1-800-670-4357

Newfoundland 1-800-563-6353

Prince Edward Island 1-800-236-5196

Nunavut 1-888-252-9869

Yukon 1-800-661-0408

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Provincial Governments 

Government of British Columbia      http://www.gov.bc.ca

Government of Alberta      http://www.gov.ab.ca

Government of Saskatchewan       http://www.gov.sk.ca

Government of Manitoba       http://www.gov.mb.ca

Government of Ontario       http://www.gov.on.ca

Government of Quebec        http://www.gouv.qc.ca

Government of New Brunswick       http://www.gov.nb.ca

Government of Nova Scotia        http://www.gov.ns.ca

Government of Prince Edward Island         http://www.gov.pe.ca

Government of Newfoundland      http://www.gov.nf.ca