Adoption in Canada?

Question

About how much is it to adopt from different places in Canada? Like inside Canada, China, India etc. Were just kind of thinking of adopting in a couple years Thanks for any info!

Answer 1

We started the adoption process for a domestic (Canadian) adoption a year and a half ago.  It took a freakishly long time to get our RCMP fingerprint check sent back to us (7 months - we think it got lost as they didn't even cash our check to have it done! It "normally" only takes 2-3 months for the check to come back.).  The home study cost $2,500, police check was $30 each and fingerprint check was to be $25 each.  To register with the adoption agency was $450... and once we get "picked", we will have to pay approximately $12,000 - which will cover counseling for the birth parents, legal costs, etc.  International adoptions are about $5,000(-ish) more than domestic.  Varying costs in international are your flights & hotel stays in the country (you generally have to go to the country twice - the first time for about 2 weeks, and then a couple months later for 2-5 weeks).  Lots of reference stuff on the 'net, so just start looking around.  BUT... my advice to you... the "average" wait time for adoptions is anywhere from 6 months to 2 years for a domestic adoption... and about 2 years for international, depending on where you go... so if you are seriously looking at it, at least start the process by getting your homestudy done and ready.... GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 2

I am an adoptive mother from China and the total cost of adopting was about $25,000. That includes agency and social worker fees, home study, government fees, medicals, police checks, orphanage donation fee, etc. The majority of the money actually remains in Canada, China sees very little of it. Another thing to keep in mind is that due to the expanding timelines all of the provinces are requiring PAPs to redo their homestudy every 2 years, so you have to pay the social worker fee, medical and police checks all over again. Some agencies are also charging their clients about $250 for every year their dossier remains in China.

You also need to keep in mind that due to the backlog of about 30,000+ dossiers, people who log in now could be looking at 4-6 years before they see a referral.

I would reccommend looking into other programs or domestic foster care.

Good luck.

Answer 3

heya :)

We adopted in ontario and it cost us 30 dollars for our police checks. That was it. We went through Ottawa CAS and now how two beautiful siblings, a girl and boy :)

Answer 4

We went through foster care, which I think initially scares people off. They hear "special needs" and don’t want anything to do with it. Special needs in the adoption world are children who is undesirable to adopt. Most people want babies, newborns. Our social worker told us any child over the age of 6 months or sibling groups can be classified as special needs regardless if they have any physical disabilities. We also had to take classes on disabilities (because there are alot of children with at least some disability). We did go through a list of things we thought we could take on and things we just knew we could not. When you are matched, the social worker will call you and give you general information on the child(ren). You have the right to say no, they recommend it if you have any hesitations. We had to say no to a sibling group of three, the oldest was only 15 years younger than me and I was not comfortable with it. A little while we came upon two little kids (7 month & 19 month) on the Alberta social services web-site, we enquired on them and within 3 weeks they were home. (The younger the children the less time placement takes) This was two years to the month when we first call to just ask about adoption. We even dropped the ball for a couple months while we got married. This cost us nothing, even the travel to the city we picked up the children in. The children are very healthy and bright, we have no worry on their development. I would very much like to inform people on adoption from foster care and overcome some of the stigmas. If you are thinking about it you should enquire now and get your home study done, get approved, then it is the waiting game. But it is all worth it in the end; I wish you the best of luck.