For Canadian adoptive parents.?

Question

I was wondering how long did it take to adopt a child or baby, how long the application procees took and how much it costs. I am considering adoption as well as maybe in vitro. Not sure need to do my reasearch first. Anything you can tell me would be great thanks.

Answer 1

My father was adopted in 1973 through a private adoption. I would recommend going through one, it is a lot faster and you get to be part of the whole process. Most people that got through this adoption process are teenagers who come from religious families. I would consider going for a closed adoption, that means the child has no contact with the biological parents and they have no contact with him/her. Adoption no matter what is a long process, and it depends if you are adopting from Canada or another country. Some adoptions are actually free, with the recommendation that you have a career, loving family, money, good living environment and etc. But also many can cost up to $20, 000 for one child, so it can end up anywhere. I posted some sites that you may want to look into.

Public Domestic Adoption-

http://www.canadaadopts.com/canada/domes...

International Adoption: Overseas-

http://www.canadaadopts.com/canada/overs...

Private Domestic Adoption-

http://www.canadaadopts.com/canada/domes...

Open Adoption-

http://www.canadaadopts.com/canada/open....

Special Needs Adoption-

http://www.canadaadopts.com/canada/speci...

Answer 2

Hello,

It really depends on:

What age range?

What special needs?

Where you live?

Number three is most important.  I was on the waiting list just to get the homestudy done in Saskatchewan for five years!  Five years!  And we had open availability, for age, sibling groups and special needs.  

We moved to Ontario in November of last year and now have three wonderful children.  I know Alberta also has lots of children for adoption, but SK and NS take a long time.

The costs were nothing.  We thought of going private but it didn't feel right.  Adopting from foster care in Canada is the right thing to do.

Best of luck.

Answer 3

It's a pretty personal question.  By that I mean that it's personal to each person and unique to their circumstances, not personal as in you have no right to ask.

My wife and I have adopted twice so far.  The first time was when we lived overseas and from the day we first contacted a lawyer/agency about adopting and when we had our daughter in the house it was 6 weeks.  The court work followed about 6 weeks later.  Because we were overseas and dealing directly with the right people (rather then going through international blood sucking organizations) it cost us about $800 US total.  It would have been more like $20-30 k if we had done it from Canada.

We are in the middle of our second adoption now.  We are in Alberta and they have, at least in the Edmonton area, a Foster to Adopt program.  We first made inquiries last Sept, had the paperwork done by Christmas, were accepted into the program by mid Jan and were formally licensed in mid Feb.  Literally 3.5 hours after we were licensed we were called and asked to meet the worker at the hospital to bring home a 4 day old as a Foster.  We are keeping her while CAS goes through the court system to sever bio-moms rights (for a number of very serious and tragic reasons) and we hope to have all of the adoption paperwork done by the fall.  Because we are Fosters at this time we get supported and in this Province adoptions from CAS are free so it won't cost us anything, start to finish.

As you can see, a total of 12 weeks for the first one (overseas mind you) and 1 year (hopefully) start to finish for the second one.  Of course, your situation may very but anything is possible.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Just so you know IVF in Canada costs about 10,000 -14,000. Last cycle I did I paid 12,500. Trying to save up to do it again but was wondering if I should use the money instead for adoption. Glad to hear of the Foster to Adopt program that was mentioned. Was worried about wanting a child and not being able to afford it. So thanks for the hope.

Answer 5

Try IVF first.

It is a LOT cheaper!

Answer 6

I am not sure how much adoption will cost.  But i know that you will find a child or a baby a lot faster the less pickier you are on age, race and gender.

Answer 7

I am going to advocate for foster care adoption as well. There is , usually, less waiting time, little to no cost, you give a home to a child who genuinely needs one and you lessen the burden on the "system".

My son was a foster to adopt placement in Alberta and his adoption was finalized in about 8 months. He was with his adoptive parents as a foster child for about 8 months prior to my rights being terminated. Despite what many people think about foster care adoptions not all of the kids have special needs in the physical or mental sense and not all are from abusive backgrounds, my son was none of these things. He was a very bright, happy and secure little boy who's Mother tried to do the right thing and had it backfire in her face.