YWCA Québec

What YWCA Québec does

YWCA Québec is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 1875 and headquartered in Quebec City. It is a chapter of the global YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) movement, with a stated mission of promoting the well-being, safety, and development of the full potential of all women and girls. The organization operates with a small staff of 11–50 employees and is registered at https://ywcaquebec.qc.ca.

The company's publicly available operational footprint is extremely thin: the corporate website was inaccessible at the time of data aggregation (displaying only a verification/loading screen), and no products, services catalog, technology stack, pricing, customer segments, or management team were disclosed. There is no evidence of commercial product offerings, proprietary technology, or revenue-generating services typical of a for-profit entity. As a non-profit, operating support is drawn from the philanthropic and public-sector ecosystem rather than from product sales.

Documented funding activity is limited to recurring community grants from Bell Let's Talk in 2015, 2020, and 2021, indicating sustained engagement with corporate mental-health funders but no disclosed M&A activity, capital raises, leadership changes, product launches, or geographic expansion. The overall data set reflects a small, stable, community-rooted organization with limited public transparency beyond its mission statement and historic brand affiliation.

Name

YWCA Québec

Website

https://ywcaquebec.qc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1875

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

YWCA Québec is a Canadian non-profit founded in 1875 in Quebec City, serving women and girls through programs promoting well-being, safety, and personal development as part of the global YWCA movement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Women's Social Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD), Safeguarding, Accountability & Compliance (ESG, Gender/GBV, Do No Harm) (BPADAEAM)

Keywords

• Women social services
• Community women programs
• Gender equity advocacy
• Women mental health
• Nonprofit community support

Headquarters

HQ city

Québec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Core offering

YWCA Québec is a nonprofit organization that provides community-based programs and services promoting the well-being, safety, and full development of women and girls. Its work includes mental health and wellness initiatives supported through grant funding from partners such as Bell Let's Talk.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• YWCA Canada: National federation that YWCA Québec is affiliated with; coordinates advocacy, programs, and funding across Canadian YWCAs serving women and girls. The closest structural peer to YWCA Québec.
• YWCA Toronto: Sister YWCA serving women and girls in Toronto with shelter, housing, and youth programs; directly comparable in mission, programmatic mix, and member-of-YWCA Canada structure.
• YWCA Metro Vancouver: Western-Canadian YWCA delivering women's housing, child care, and employment services; comparable in scope and YWCA Canada membership, though it operates in a different region.
• A-WAY (Quebec): Quebec-based network supporting women who have experienced violence; directly comparable in regional focus, mission scope, and service delivery model for vulnerable women.

Broad incumbents

• Canadian Women's Foundation: National grantmaking foundation focused on gender equity and women fleeing violence; overlaps with YWCA Québec's safety and empowerment mission and competes for the same donor ecosystem.

Regional players

• Native Women's Shelter of Montreal: Montreal-based shelter and support services for Indigenous women; comparable in mission (safety and well-being of women) and geographic proximity, though narrower in beneficiary scope.
• Fondation du femmes de Québec: Quebec-focused women's foundation funding causes advancing women's status; overlaps with YWCA Québec's fundraising ecosystem and overlapping programmatic grant recipients.

Emerging players

• La Maison Bleue: Quebec non-profit providing perinatal care to vulnerable families; partially overlaps with YWCA Québec's women-and-family-health programming and shares the Quebec community-health context.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ywcaqc
• Facebookfacebook.com/ywcaquebec
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ywca-quebec

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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