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Canadian Hearing Services

Site: Mailing Address

Service: Communication Devices and Interpreting Services

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Record #: BAR3242
Last Modified: 23 Jul 2025
Last Full Update: 17 Dec 2024

Contacts

Toll Free Phone 1-866-518-0000, Office & Emergency Interpreting Services
TTY Phone 1-877-215-9530, Use the keypad to select from menu options
Crisis Phone 416-712-6637, Text Only
Fax 1-866-781-8999
E-Mail info@chs.ca
Website www.chs.ca
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canadianhearingservices
LinkedIn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-canadian-hearing-society
YouTube YouTube: https://youtube.com/CHSCanadaTV
Primary Contact Jeremy Hill, District Office Manager

Addresses

Address & Map
Coordinates: 44.3823420, -79.7142650
Mailing Address c/o Canadian Hearing Services - Toronto Office 
271 Spadina Ave 
Toronto, ON 
Canada M5R 2V3
Physical Access Not applicable

Description

Description (Service) Provides services to increase the independence of people who are culturally deaf, oral deaf, deafened

CHS Interpreting & Translation Services (OIS)
  • professional sign-language interpreters
  • set fee - organizations and businesses are responsible for the cost of making their services accessible no matter who requests the interpretation service
  • advance booking preferred
  • for after hours emergency interpreter services for health and mental health emergencies, contact:
    • CHS Interpreting & Translation Services, After Hours Emergency Interpreter Service at 1-866-256-5142 or TTY: 1-866-831-4657 or
    • email urgent@chs.ca or awareham@chs.ca
Communication Devices Program
  • carries a wide variety of devices to assist individuals who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing including TTYs (text telephones), visual smoke detectors, baby monitors, signaling devices and alarm clocks
  • registered ADP vendor for Teletypewriter for the Deaf

Service Details

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Hours Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm
Areas Served Haliburton County ; Kawartha Lakes ; Northumberland County ; Peterborough (County of) ; Simcoe County
Eligibility Individuals who are Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing
Application
Languages American Sign Language - Interpretation, Publications, Website; English; French Sign Language
Fees None

Subjects

Service Categories Assistive Technology Equipment Sales ; Disease/Disability Information ~ Hearing Loss ; Hearing Augmentation Aids ; Interpretation/Translation ~ Hearing Loss
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