Fondation de la Visite

What Fondation de la Visite does

Fondation de la Visite is a Montréal-based non-profit organization founded in 1988 that provides home-visit intervention services to vulnerable families with newborns across Greater Montreal. The organization operates a "De la Visite" program in which trained para-professional "parent-visitors" (mères-visiteuses and pères-visiteurs) — themselves parents recruited from the same neighborhoods they serve — conduct approximately 3-hour weekly home visits, complemented by 24/7 telephone support, respite, group activities, accompaniment to community resources, family pairings, and material support through a regional birth kit (trousse de naissance) service. Service delivery has expanded from Montréal-Nord to 9 boroughs including Lachine, Saint-Pierre, Dorval, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte-des-Neiges, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Bordeaux-Cartierville, LaSalle, and Saint-Laurent, with a separate implantation in Quebec City via a partner maison de la famille. Since inception, the organization reports supporting over 65,000 parents and children, 24,393 families visited, 35,836 children accompanied, and 12,320 birth kits distributed, with an 80% reduction in child placement at the Direction de la protection de la jeunesse (DPJ) for at-risk families. The intervention model derives from a 1985 research-action project and is described as evidence-based, with continuous evaluation since 1988.

The organization's revenue is generated entirely through non-commercial channels: recurring and one-time donations via CanadaHelps, the annual Bonheurs d'Enfants benefit event (which raised $146,000 CAD in 2022 and $156,286 CAD in 2023, with a $125,000 goal for 2025), corporate sponsorships (Rôtisseries St-Hubert, Pelican International, Agropur, Groupe Sacco, Desjardins), bequests, and government and foundation grants from the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Centraide du Grand Montréal, Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon, Fondation Charles-Coderre, and others. Services are delivered free of charge to families; the only paid line item is event tickets ($175 CAD per ticket with a $100 tax receipt). Distribution runs through community referrals from CISSS/CIUSSS, hospitals, CLSCs, and partner organizations, supplemented by direct family self-referrals and outreach by parent-visitors. The organization employs 10 paid staff and operates a wider network of parent-visitors across boroughs, with strategic leadership under founding General Director Denise Landry.

Name

Fondation de la Visite

Legal name

Fondation de la Visite

Website

https://delavisite.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fondation de la Visite is a 1988-founded Montréal non-profit that provides para-professional home visits, respite, phone support, and birth kits to vulnerable families with newborns across nine Greater Montreal boroughs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Family Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Newborn/Infant Mother’s Helper Support (HSAAAGAB)

Keywords

• Home visit services
• Family support programs
• Newborn assistance
• Parent visitor model
• Community social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal-Nord

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization relies on public donations, monthly giving, and bequests to support families in vulnerable situations in Greater Montreal.
2. Annual Benefit Event (Bonheurs d'Enfants): Annual fundraising event with ticket sales, sponsorships, and donations. 2025 goal of $125,000.
3. Government Subsidies: Funding from Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services, Public Health Agency of Canada, and other government bodies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fondation de la Visite is a non-profit organization delivering free home-visit interventions by trained para-professional parent-visitors (mères-visiteuses and pères-visiteurs) to vulnerable families with newborns across nine Montreal neighborhoods. The core offering is complemented by 24/7 telephone support, respite care, group activities, accompaniment to community resources, family pairing (jumelages), and distribution of birth kits (trousses de naissance) to pregnant women in precarious situations. Services are grounded in an ecological intervention model based on Bronfenbrenner's framework and have accompanied more than 65,000 parents and children since 1988.

Product overview

The Fondation de la Visite is a nonprofit organization that operates a unified social intervention program centered on home visiting services for vulnerable families with newborns in Greater Montreal. The core offering consists of home visits by trained 'parent-visitors' (mères-visiteuses/pères-visiteurs), complemented by respite services, 24/7 phone support, group activities, guided accompaniment to community resources, family pairings, and birth kits for pregnant women in precarious situations. The organization also offers an implementation guide for other organizations to replicate the model, operates the Relais-Pères father support service, and hosts the annual Bonheurs d'Enfants fundraising event. Services are delivered through a neighborhood-based approach across multiple Montreal boroughs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• De la Visite: Home visit program by parent-visitors for families with newborns in vulnerable situations
• Bonheurs d'Enfants

Products and services

• Visites à domicile (Home Visits) Approximately 3-hour weekly home visits by trained para-professional parent-visitors to break social isolation, increase parenting skills, and improve parent-child relationships for families with newborns in vulnerable situations.
• Répit (Respite) Precious moments of respite provided so that mothers and fathers can take time for themselves while their children are cared for by parent-visitors, giving needed breaks from parenting responsibilities.
• Soutien téléphonique (Phone Support) Attentive, non-judgmental listening and support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for families to feel supported even at a distance, including during emergencies.
• Activités de regroupement (Group Activities) Community activities including parties, outings, training workshops, coffee meetings, literacy sessions, and Y'APP (Nobody's Perfect) programs that foster parenting learning and create support networks among families.
• Accompagnements (Guided Support) Accompaniment to professional services and community resources including food assistance, clothing, training workshops, immigrant integration resources, and childcare facilities, fostering family autonomy.
• Jumelages (Family Pairing) Facilitated connections between families with shared affinities through coffee meetings, outings, and training workshops, creating mutual support relationships and service exchanges.
• Trousse de naissance (Birth Kit) Material support and welcome service for pregnant women in precarious situations, including newborn pajamas, sheets, blankets, towels, bibs, washcloths, and other essential layette items, with 12,320 birth kits distributed to date.
• Relais-Pères (Father Support) Service connecting fathers with male parent-visitors who demonstrate the importance of father presence in child development and support fathers in their parenting role through shared activities.
• Guide d'implantation (Implementation Guide) Seven-booklet comprehensive guide for other community organizations to implement the De la Visite home visiting service, including evaluation tools and basic training program materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% reduction in child placement at DPJ for at-risk families
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry providing institutional recognition and funding support. Recognized the organization in the 1992 report 'Un Québec fou de ses enfants'.
• L'Agence de la santé publique du CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal public health agency providing institutional support and recognition for child abuse prevention programs.
• CISSS and CIUSSScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegrated health and social service centers that refer families and collaborate on service delivery.
• Petites MainsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization producing clothing for birth kits, enabling social and professional integration of women, many from immigrant backgrounds.
• Atelier ÉclipsemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization producing clothing for birth kits with social mission focus.
• Caisse Desjardins de Sault-au-Récollet - Montréal-NordmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerFinancial institution partner serving as honorary cabinet co-chair for Bonheurs d'Enfants 2025.
• Rôtisseries St-HubertmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor of annual benefit events.
• Résidence Au Fil de l'EaumajorGTM or Marketing PartnerSenior residence partner involved in honorary cabinet of benefit events.
• Pelican InternationalsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner and sponsor of events.
• Agropur Coopérative LaitièresupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerBronze partner for Bonheurs d'Enfants events.
• Groupe SaccosupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver partner for Bonheurs d'Enfants events.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program (Ontario): Province-wide public home visiting program for at-risk families with newborns. Operates at much larger scale but offers a directly comparable service (postnatal home visits by public health nurses/visitors), positioning it as a benchmark for FDV's public-sector counterpart in Ontario.

Regional players

• Y des femmes de Montréal: Montreal non-profit offering services to vulnerable women and families, including new mothers. Comparable target clientele (isolated, low-income, immigrant women) and parallel service model (group activities, accompaniment, material aid).
• Ometz: Montreal-based non-profit providing family, immigration, and social support services to vulnerable communities. Comparable target population (immigrant and at-risk families in Greater Montreal) and overlapping referral ecosystem with FDV.
• Naitre et grandir (CHU Sainte-Justine): Quebec reference resource funded by the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation providing evidence-based information to parents of 0-8 year-olds. Comparable educational and early-childhood scope, though delivered through media rather than home visits.

Others

• Centraide du Grand Montréal: Major Greater Montreal United Way affiliate and core funder of FDV. Ecosystem peer representing the funding backbone for many community-based family service organizations comparable to FDV.
• Centre de crise Le Transit: Montreal crisis intervention center whose deputy director sits on FDV's board. Thematically adjacent crisis/family support peer and a likely referral partner for FDV's higher-acuity cases.
• Parents-secours: Quebec-wide parental support hotline and family support network. Closely related peer in the Montreal/Quebec ecosystem for parental respite, helpline, and family-to-family support services.
• Assistance Maternelle: Former regional operator of the birth kit (trousse de naissance) program whose service FDV absorbed in 2014. Directly relevant as a historical peer and demonstration that FDV has consolidated adjacent services in the Greater Montreal newborn-support space.

Direct peers

• Maison de la famille Évasion St-Pie-X: Quebec City-area family organization that licensed/replicated the De la Visite model in 2013. Most direct peer for FDV's intervention framework and a leading example of how FDV's model can be deployed outside Montréal.
• Canadian Mothercraft Society: Ontario-based non-profit delivering home visiting, early childhood, and family support services. Comparable to FDV's parent-visitor model for vulnerable families with newborns and young children, and a natural partner/replication peer outside Quebec.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fondation-de-la-visite

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Fondation de la Visite