Alberta Adoption Resources

Public Adoption
Alberta Children’s Services
11th Floor, Sterling Place
9940 - 106 Street
Edmonton, AB T5K 2N2
Phone: 780-422-0178
Fax: 780- 427-2048

There are 10 regions within Alberta. Click here to find yours and begin adoption process:

Alberta’s Waiting Children Web site

Private Adoption
There are five adoption agencies that have been granted the right to do private independent adoptions.

International Adoption
Private international adoption is not allowed in countriesthat endorse the Hague Convention.

Open Adoptions
There are five licensed adoption agenciesthat may do open adoptions.

Search/Reunion
Post adoption registry available. Informationis available to adoptees over the age of 18 unless birth/first mother has signed veto. For more general search and reunion information, see our Canadian Search & Reunion resources.

Miscellaneous Information
Online forms for adoption.