Maison de la famille du Grand-Portage

What Maison de la famille du Grand-Portage does

Maison de la Famille du Grand-Portage is a Quebec-based nonprofit community organization (organisme communautaire) founded in 1996 by a committee of ten volunteer parents and headquartered at 29, rue de la Cour in Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup. Its mission is to support, value, and empower parents in their parental role, and to recognize and enrich shared parenting experience through preventive and educational programming. The organization operates a multi-service family support platform spanning early childhood (halte-garderie libre, hop halte-garderie, halte-b\u00e9b\u00e9s), in-home postnatal support (aide-parents), equipment lending (Pr\u00eat d'\u00e9quipements, Circonflexe outdoor gear, Sacs 1,2,3 Je compte!, Trousses Magili), a 40-year-old toy library (Joujouth\u00e8que at 70 rue Frontenac), elementary school tutoring (parrainage scolaire), and CISSS-linked supervised access rights services. Most offerings are free to families; monetization is limited to a $10 individual/family and $25 partner annual membership and tax-receiptable donations, with services sustained primarily through donations, memberships, and implicit government and institutional subsidies. Service delivery is highly dependent on a small operational team (approximately five named staff including Directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale Julie B\u00e9langer and Coordonnatrice Jos\u00e9e Caron), volunteer tutors, and embedded personnel from CLSC de Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup and CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent. The technology footprint is minimal, consisting of a Yapla-hosted website for membership and donations and standard social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). Geographic scope is constrained to the MRC de Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup region, covering Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, Kamouraska, T\u00e9miscouata, and Les Basques sectors.

Name

Maison de la famille du Grand-Portage

Legal name

Maison de la Famille du Grand-Portage

Website

https://mamaisondelafamille.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Maison de la Famille du Grand-Portage is a nonprofit community organization in Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, Qu\u00e9bec, delivering free family support services — childcare, postnatal home visits, equipment lending, a toy library, school tutoring, and CISSS-linked supervised access — to families across the MRC de Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community family support services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Child Care Services (6244), Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH), Home Visiting & Parent Coaching Programs (EDACALAC), Parent’s Helper (Non-Infant) & Child Supervision (HSAAAGAA), Respite Care for Families of Children with Disabilities (HSAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Community family services
• Drop-in childcare
• Toy lending library
• Parent support programs
• Supervised access visits

Headquarters

HQ city

Rivière-du-loup

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Families and individuals pay $10 annual membership (April to March). Partner organizations pay $25 annual membership. Membership provides access to services, priority registration, and voting rights at general assembly.
2. Donations: Individual and organizational donations are solicited through the website and fundraising campaigns. Donations provide tax receipts for individuals and organizations.
3. Free services: Most services are provided free of charge to families, funded through donations, membership fees, and potentially government subsidies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Maison de la famille du Grand-Portage is a nonprofit community family resource center that delivers free or low-cost in-person services to families in the MRC de Rivière-du-Loup. Its offering spans drop-in and on-demand childcare, CLSC-co-delivered infant wellness drop-ins, in-home postnatal parent support, free baby and outdoor recreation equipment lending (through the Circonflexe network), a volunteer-run toy lending library, themed early-math and literacy kit lending, school sponsorship tutoring, and CISSS-partnered supervised custody/access visits, supported by an annual membership program and a donation-funded revenue base.

Product overview

Maison de la Famille du Grand-Portage is a community organization offering a comprehensive suite of family support services rather than a single product. The core services include childcare offerings (Halte-garderie libre, Hop halte-garderie, Halte-bébés), home-based parent support (Aide-parents), equipment lending (Prêt d'équipements, Prêt d'équipement de plein-air via Circonflexe), educational kits (Sacs 1,2,3 Je compte!, Trousses Magili), the Joujouthèque toy library, school sponsorship tutoring (Parrainage scolaire), and supervised access visits (Supervision des droits d'accès). The organization also operates a membership program and donation acceptance. Services are coordinated by a small team and delivered at the community center at 29 rue de la Cour, Rivière-du-Loup.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Joujouthèque A volunteer-run toy lending library offering families access to a wide variety of games and toys, open to members and the public twice weekly, helping parents save money and promoting environmental responsibility through toy reuse.
• Halte-garderie libre Drop-in childcare service offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 11am for children cared for by trained educators, with free play, semi-directed activities, a reading corner, and a provided snack.
• Hop halte-garderie On-demand occasional childcare service for parents with specific date-bound needs such as medical appointments or job interviews, available by reservation.
• Halte-bébés Free drop-in baby care service operated by CLSC de Rivière-du-Loup nurses twice weekly, offering breastfeeding support, baby weighing, preventive health information, and answers to baby and mother health questions.
• Aide-parents In-home parent support service delivered in partnership with the CLSC, offering weekly 3-hour home visits during the postnatal period (birth to 2 years) to help with family reorganization and prevent parental exhaustion.
• Prêt d'équipements Free equipment lending service for families, including bed gates, door gates, multi-stage tricycles (15–36 months), playpens, and baby carriers.
• Prêt d'équipement de plein-air Outdoor recreational equipment lending program operated in partnership with Circonflexe, offering adapted, durable, safe, and free sports and recreational equipment to Québec families.
• Sacs 1,2,3 Je compte! Free math activity lending program for families with children aged 3–5, with each bag containing manipulatives, games, an explanatory guide, and age-appropriate books covering counting, shapes, and early math concepts.
• Trousses Magili - La magie des livres et des jeux Free educational kit lending service for children aged 3–5 featuring themed book and game collections across five themes: La Ferme, Les Châteaux et dragons, L'Espace, Les fonds Marins, and Les dinosaures.
• Parrainage scolaire School motivation support program delivered in collaboration with Rivière-du-Loup elementary schools, pairing children experiencing difficulties with volunteer tutors ('tuteurs d'espoir') who meet with them once or twice weekly.
• Supervision des droits d'accès Access rights supervision service enabling supervised visits and custody exchanges between children and parents or grandparents when regular meetings are not possible, offered in collaboration with CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent.
• Membership Program Annual membership program running April 1 to March 31, offering families and individuals access to services, workshops, and activities, with benefits including free or discounted activities, priority registration, voting rights at annual general meetings, and access to member-only events.
• Donation Program Tax-receiptable donation program allowing individuals and organizations to contribute to the organization's mission of supporting families in the Rivière-du-Loup region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Joujouthèque has been operating for over 40 years

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CirconflexecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Circonflexe, a provincial network coordinated by the Ministère du Sport, du Loisir et du Plein Air. Provides free outdoor recreational equipment loans to families. Maison de la Famille serves as a local service point in the Rivière-du-Loup region. The Circonflexe platform enables equipment reservation online.
• CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent (Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent for the supervision of access rights service. Services the Rivière-du-Loup, Kamouraska, Témiscouata and Les Basques sectors. The CISSS refers families requiring supervised visitation and custody exchange services.
• CLSC de Rivière-du-LoupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLSC nurses use Maison de la Famille premises twice weekly to provide halte-bébé services including breastfeeding support, baby weighing, preventive health information, and answers to newborn health questions.
• CLSC de Rivière-du-LoupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for aide-parents service. CLSC refers families to receive weekly 3-hour home visits from an intervenor to support postnatal adjustment and prevent parental exhaustion.
• Elementary schools in Rivière-du-LoupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with primary schools in Rivière-du-Loup for the tutoring/school sponsorship program. Each child is paired with a volunteer tutor who provides weekly support in a school classroom.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Maison de la famille de Sherbrooke: Sherbrooke-based 'maison de la famille' delivering the same nonprofit family-support service mix (halte-garderie, parenting workshops, toy lending, perinatal support) under the same Quebec community-organization framework.
• Regroupement des maisons de la famille du Québec: Provincial federation representing Quebec's network of family houses (maisons de la famille). Maison de la Famille du Grand-Portage is a member of this network and shares the standardized family-support service model (drop-in childcare, home visits, parent coaching) across Quebec.
• Maison de la famille de Trois-Rivières: Trois-Rivières community family organization offering analogous childcare, parenting support, equipment lending, and toy library services under Quebec's'organisme communautaire' framework.
• Maison de la famille de Québec: Quebec City-based community family resource center offering an almost identical suite of services: drop-in childcare, parent support, equipment lending, and supervised access. Most directly comparable peer given near-identical service portfolio and operating model.

Others

• Centraide du Bas-Saint-Laurent: Regional United Way that funnels pooled donations to community organizations including family-support nonprofits. A direct funding ecosystem participant supporting Maison de la Famille du Grand-Portage's donation-funded free services.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA du Québec: Quebec-wide nonprofit offering daycare, parent-child programming, and community family services at larger scale and with broader geographic footprint. Comparable in family-services mission but with paid membership model and additional fitness/camp offerings.
• Family Services du Grand Montréal: Larger Montreal-based family-services nonprofit offering a broader portfolio (counseling, adoption, youth services, immigration support). Comparable in family-support mission but with much larger scale and clinical offerings beyond the anchor's drop-in/community-services model.

Emerging players

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada: National youth-mentorship nonprofit whose parrainage scolaire (school sponsorship) offering directly overlaps with Maison de la Famille's tutoring program. Both pair volunteer mentors with elementary-age children for in-school support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPZnct_CEgIAoMfaiJ86Y1g
• Facebookfacebook.com/mdfgrandportage
• Instagraminstagram.com/maison_de_la_famille_gp1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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