Government Messages & Information

  • Guaranteed Income Supplement Information (2024), click here
  • Tax Information (2024) – Age 65 and Over, click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Seamus O’Regan, Jr. (Feb., 2024), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Seamus O’Regan, Jr. (Jan., 2024), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Seamus O’Regan, Jr. (Dec., 2023), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Seamus O’Regan, Jr. (Nov., 2023), click here
  • Old Age Security – Benefits Estimator, click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Seamus O’Regan, Jr. (Sept., 2023), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera (July, 2023), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera (June, 2023), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera (May, 2023), click here
  • Message from Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera (March, 2023), click here
  • Fraud Prevention Month. Types of scams to be aware of (March, 2021), click here
  • Canada Revenue Agency Information Sessions Jan. 27 and 28, 2021, click here
  • Guaranteed Income Supplement Renewal Period (Dec. 15, 2020), click here
  • Elder Mistreatment: I Must Act (June 11, 2020), click here
  • Elder Mistreatment: Let’s Take Action (June 11, 2020), click here
  • Service Canada online services (April 22, 2020), click here
  • Service Canada – Ready to Help (April 22, 2020), click here
  • Useful information / Covid-19 (April 22, 2020), click here
  • Latest expert advice on how to keep yourself and seniors safe from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam (March 31, 2020) click here

Health Information

  • What to do When it is Really Hot (Summer, 2023), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (Oct. 8, 2021), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (Sept. 9, 2021), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (July 30, 2021), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (April 14, 2021), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (Jan. 7, 2021), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (Dec. 18, 2020), click here
  • Annual Protection Against the Flu – Influenza, (Multilingual Videos), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (Sept. 29, 2020), click here
  • CIUSSS Centre-Ouest COVID-19 Information Bulletin (June 11, 2020), click here
  • Health network’s intervention during extreme heat (June 21st, 2020), click here; and precautions to take, click here
  • Wearing a Mask – Simplified Illustrated Version, click here
  • Physical Activity for Seniors, click here
  • Don’t forget about mental health – Montreal Gazette (April 3, 2020), click here
  • Self-care Guide from the Minister of Health and Social Services (Quebec), click here
  • Taking care of mental health during COVID-19 (March 18, 2020), click here
  • Handout for travellers without symptoms returning to Canada (Public Health Agency), click here
  • How to isolate at home when you have COVID-19, click here
  • Distinguish self-monitoring, self-isolation & prevention for COVID-19, click here
  • Awareness resources, click here

Municipal Initiatives

  • Letter from the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (April 1, 2020), read here
  • Côte Saint-Luc Telephone Broadcasting Service for Older Adults without Internet, read here

Community Resources

  • Cummings Centre Tech Support Group, click here
  • The ALS Society of Quebec, for future events click here
  • Montreal libraries offering free audio books, click here
  • Exceptional measures – Côte-des-Neiges Community Development Corporation, online at www.cdccdn.ca/ 
  • Learn about and find community and social services – Call 211 or online at www.211qc.ca
  • Community Helpline: Cummings Centre and Ometz working with Federation CJA to deliver direct emergency response 514-734-1411, email: [email protected]
  • Message from our Doctors c/o Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec (CSUQ) / (March 31, 2020), read here
  • Frequently Asked Questions prepared by CSUQ (March 31, 2020), read here
  • Conference call summary of the coordination cell with community organizations, in French (March 24, 2020), read here
  • Working from Home: Solutions to the Challenges (March 19, 2020), read here
  • Instructional Videos during the Coronavirus Crisis by JDC-Eshel, click here
  • Tools for people age 70 and over and caregivers, click here
  • Important COVID-19-Resources Guide from CIJA: For timely, relevant information for individuals, families, organizations and businesses, click here
  • Coronavirus Information Line 1-833-784-4397

Multilingual Information

  • Multilingual Information on the Coronavirus – COVID-19, click here 

Volunteer

  • Volunteer Opportunities managed by Fédération des centres d’action bénévole, online at www.jebenevole.ca

Food Services

Technology

  • 5 Platforms to help you connect with family and friends (April 14, 2020), click here

The 2-1-1 line is a multilingual service (200 languages) set up to combat isolation, poverty and social exclusion by enabling citizens to learn about and find community and social services, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 days a week. Following the announcement of the latest government directives, if you are a Montrealer in need, we invite you to call 2-1-1 directly by telephone or access it online at the following address: https://www.211qc.ca/