FIND A MIDWIFE (TORONTO/ GTA)

This directory is meant to give you a quick overview of midwifery care & help you find a midwife in the Greater Toronto Area.

Midwifery care is an excellent option for a healthy, low-risk pregnancy. Midwives tend to see pregnancy and birth as a physiological experience rather than a pathology. They also tend to be non-interventionist, but they can access drugs and other interventions as needed, including — at most hospitals — ordering a doctor-administered epidural if requested. They provide all standard examinations and screenings and are the only practitioners trained in home birth or birth centre (The vast majority of midwife births are conducted in hospitals.) You can expect to attend prenatal appointments every four to six weeks, increasing to every two weeks at 30 weeks and weekly after 36 weeks, as you would with a family doctor or OBGYN. Midwives continue to check on the birthing parent and baby for a few weeks after birth and will also come to your home in the first days after birth (as will your doula!). In other words, you have options when it comes to your place of birth (home, hospital, birth centre) and continuity of care. Midwifery care is 100% covered by OHIP. If you’re looking for some guidance on selecting the right Midwifery team for you, check out this blog all about choosing a Midwife!

There are twenty-three Midwifery Collectives/ clinics in the Greater Toronto Area, with each practice having privileges at one hospital. Eleven of the practices have additional privileges at the Toronto Birth Centre. Three have privileges at Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU), which is essentially its own Birth Centre in Markham Stouffville Hospital.

You do not need a referral for a midwife, but you do need to apply or get on a waiting list with your practice(s) of choice. Midwives are in high demand! Selecting a practice is usually based on geographical area and sometimes by the preference for the hospital where the midwives have privileges. The list below is organized by geographical location.