Services Offered by Montreal's CLSCs: Health and Social Support

CLSCs (Centres locaux de services communautaires) are Quebec's frontline community health hubs. Montreal's CLSCs provide:

• Primary care: Family doctors, nurses, prenatal/postnatal, well-baby clinics, immunizations, chronic-disease management, mental-health counseling.
• Nursing: Wound care, IV therapy, catheter/ostomy care, blood-work.
• Social work: Crisis intervention, housing assistance, child/youth protection, disability support, poverty relief.
• Home care: Personal care, respite, palliative support, rehab after hospital discharge.
• Rehab therapies: Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, audiology.
• Dental: Preventive & basic restorative (children, welfare recipients, institutionalized).
• Health promotion: Nutrition workshops, smoking cessation, fall-prevention, support groups.

Services are free with a valid RAMQ card. Walk-in or call 811 (Info-Santé) for triage. Each CLSC tailors offerings to its neighborhood's demographics.