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St. Joseph's Centre of Hope for Women is the only pro-life pregnancy centre in Canada that shared a wall with an abortion clinic. National press has covered the work. Mothers have walked through our door and left with a future. Here is the record.
- 1 a day Women walking through our door, many by mistake, next door to the clinic, and finding help they never knew existed.
- 2 years How long we keep helping after birth: diapers, formula, clothes, car seats, strollers, furniture. All of it free.
See it for yourself
In their own voices
Featured film
The centre that stood beside the clinic
A look inside the work: the room where mothers first hear someone say I'm so happy you're here, and what happens in the hours that follow.
From the Centre
Inside the doors
Footage from the Centre: the people, the rooms, and the mothers this work exists for.
Speaker series
An evening with Melissa Ohden
Melissa survived a late-term abortion, was left in a hospital closet, and kept crying until someone came. She was taken to the NICU, adopted, and later found her biological mother. She now tells that story publicly, and she is telling it here.
Wednesday, April 8 · 7:00–9:00 p.m.
John Paul II Polish Cultural Centre
4300 Cawthra Rd., Mississauga, ON
Desserts & coffee. Tickets are free, registration required.
“When a woman walks in, the first thing I tell them is that I am so happy that they are here… the most important thing we offer is love and hope.”
As reported
Independent press coverage
Every claim on this page is on the record in national Canadian publications. Click through and read the originals.
The Catholic Register Oct 2024
St. Joseph's Centre celebrates life
Reported as “the only pro-life pregnancy centre in Canada located beside an abortion clinic”, billed as the “literal last chance” for mothers in crisis.
Read the articleThe Interim Sep 2025
The centre moves into a former abortion facility
Plans to “turn the killing room into a memorial,” plus a mobile ultrasound unit so mothers can see their babies before they go inside.
Read the articleThe Interim Sep 2024
New life-saving centre operates beside Toronto abortion mill
“It takes a village to raise a child. Welcome to the Village.” (The sign at our front entrance, and the promise behind it.)
Read the articleOn the record
What your gift actually pays for
- Free Diapers, formula, baby clothes, car seats, strollers, small furniture, sourced and given at no cost.
- 2023 The year we opened, and kept the doors open every working day since, on donations alone.
- 60–70% The chance a mother bonds with her baby once she sees an ultrasound: why we're funding a mobile unit.
- 1 wall All that ever separated hope from the alternative. Your gift decides which door she finds first.
A mother will walk through our door tomorrow. What she finds is up to you.
No government funding. No grants. Just people who decided a baby's life was worth a monthly gift. Join them today.
