Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées

What Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées does

Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées (CFPH) is a self-managed nonprofit mutual-aid organization founded in 1949 in Québec City, Canada, serving people with physical, neurological, visible, and invisible disabilities and their families in the Québec region. Its portfolio of direct services includes accessible emergency housing — LUAA (Logement d'urgence accessible et adapté), launched in 2025 as the first such facility in the Québec City area — alongside domestic, intimate, and sexual violence support (guides, training videos, and exit-trajectory services), a curated directory of accessible healthcare providers (dentists and optometrists), and ongoing community activities centered on empowerment and self-determination. The organization also produces educational and cultural content, including the Rock ton appart video capsule series (in partnership with the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec and Creascope Productions), the theatrical production Nos vies sont enjeux en jeu, the Projet vitrine photographic exhibition, and the periodic AzimutHs bulletin, and it submits formal policy briefs (Mémoires) to the Québec National Assembly on disability-rights issues.

CFPH's business model is that of a registered nonprofit (organisme à but non lucratif): all services are delivered free of charge to members and beneficiaries, with no product sales or fee-for-service revenue. Operating funds are drawn from individual donations — accepted through the CFPH website and a Zeffy ticketing/donation page — and from public-sector grants, including support from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (OPHQ). The organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors and employs a small core staff of 1–10 people, including an Executive Director (Julie Montreuil), an Executive Assistant, a Residential Stability Coordinator, socio-community workers, a Mobilization Agent, and a Receptionist, all operating from a single headquarters at 360, rue du Pont, Québec. There are no subsidiaries, no venture or private-equity backing, no M&A activity, and no disclosed external investors.

Name

Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées

Legal name

Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées

Website

https://cfph.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées is a self-managed nonprofit mutual-aid organization in Québec City, founded in 1949, providing free direct services — including emergency accessible housing, violence-prevention support, and resource directories — to people with disabilities and their families in the Québec region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Support Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Disability support services
• Accessible emergency housing
• Disability advocacy
• Mutual aid organization
• Community social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Québec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées (CFPH) is a self-managed mutual aid community organization founded in 1949 that delivers direct support services for people with disabilities and their families in the Québec region. Its core offerings include community activities and mutual aid programs, accessible and adapted emergency housing (LUAA), and support services addressing domestic, intimate, and sexual violence. It also maintains curated resource directories of accessible service providers and produces educational content (videos, theater, magazine) and policy position papers advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.

Product overview

Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées (CFPH) is a self-managed mutual aid organization founded in 1949, offering a portfolio of support services for people with disabilities and their families in Quebec. The core offering consists of direct services and activities (including violence support and accessible housing), complemented by educational video content (Rock ton appart), theatrical productions (Nos vies sont enjeux en jeu), and publications (AzimutHs bulletin, policy Mémoires). The organization also maintains resource directories of accessible service providers and engages in advocacy through exhibitions and community projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AzimutHs: The organization's internal newsletter/bulletin published periodically, covering news, updates, and advocacy content related to disability rights and CFPH activities.
• Rock ton appart
• Nos vies sont enjeux en jeu
• Projet vitrine
• LUAA

Products and services

• Services et activités (Support services and community activities)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Creascope ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction company that collaborated with CFPH on the 'Rock ton appart' video capsules project, providing production expertise for the video series on independent living for people with disabilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC): Member-driven national organization of blind and partially sighted Canadians. Comparable to CFPH in its advocacy-first orientation, member-led structure, and emphasis on self-determination and rights.
• Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD): National cross-disability advocacy organization that, like CFPH, focuses on rights-based advocacy, policy submissions, and empowerment of people with disabilities through cross-disability coalition work.
• Regroupement des aveugles et amblyopes du Québec (RAAM): Quebec-based disability advocacy organization serving people with visual impairments, with comparable member-driven mutual-aid structure and direct advocacy to the Quebec government.
• Centre for Independent Living Toronto (CILT): Toronto-based organization promoting independent living, self-determination, and rights of people with disabilities — closely paralleling CFPH's empowerment-driven model, with comparable service-portfolio scope (housing, advocacy, peer support).
• Kéroul: Quebec nonprofit promoting accessibility in tourism, culture, and community spaces for people with disabilities. Comparable as a Quebec-based disability advocacy organization with a specific service-area focus and policy engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Easter Seals Canada: National disability services organization delivering programs for children, youth, and adults with disabilities. Operates at significantly greater scale and scope than CFPH but addresses overlapping populations and service categories.
• CNIB Foundation: One of Canada's largest disability service organizations, providing rehabilitation and support services for blind and partially sighted Canadians. Represents the scaled, established version of CFPH's disability-services model.
• Canadian Hearing Services: Largest national provider of services for Deaf and hard of hearing Canadians, spanning counselling, employment, and accessibility programs. Comparable in serving a specific disability population across Canada but at substantially larger scale than CFPH.
• Rick Hansen Foundation: National foundation focused on accessibility, inclusion, and spinal cord injury research. Comparable to CFPH in its rights-based disability advocacy focus but operates at much larger scale with national program delivery.
• Inclusion Canada: National Canadian umbrella organization advocating for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. It is the larger-scale national analogue to CFPH, with member organizations including Quebec-based affiliates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PageCFPH/events
• Instagraminstagram.com/cfph.quebec

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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