To engage Calgary's diverse population with counselling, caregiving and innovative community interventions and programs.

Our Vision

Nurturing the spirit by honouring the mind and caring for the body.

Enriching the Quality of Life

The Calgary Family Services Society offers a broad spectrum of services designed to enhance family relationships; to help children reach their full potential; and to assist people who are elderly, ill or handicapped to maintain their independence. The organization fulfills its mandate by offering Calgarians easy access to support counsellors and caregivers who work with families in their own homes, schools and neighbourhoods. Our staff value quality, innovation and diversity.

The Access Unit is the agency's point of entry for new clients. The Society has a centralized access system. People can gain access to any of our programs by calling our listed number (269-9888). Our Receptionists,  Intake Coordinator and Access Coordinators are trained to identify the needs of inquiring clients and direct them to the proper service provider or to other agencies if we are not equipped to meet their needs.

  The Calgary Family Services Society has been helping Calgarians since 1910.

  We estimate that Calgary Family Services directly touches the lives of one in fifty Calgarians each year.

  The Society is governed by a Board of Directors with a membership of thirteen.

  The Society's annual budget ranges between seven and eight million dollars.

  The Society's staffing levels run between 200 and 250.

  The Society's staff speak more than 25 languages, including Chinese, French, English, Polish, Spanish & Vietnamese.

  On an average day, between 400 and 500 people use the society's services.

  In an average year, the Society provides over 20,000 counselling interviews and over 200,000 hours of caregiving services.

  Our staff supervise between ten and fifteen students each year who are doing their practicum placements in social work or their internships in

 psychology.

  The Society is a member agency of the Home Care and Support Association (Alberta) and is accredited by Family Service Canada.

  Calgary Family Services is registered with Revenue Canada as a charitable organization. Our registration number is 11882 3475.