Child and Family Services Review Board

Site: Toronto

Record #: MET7218
Last Full Update: 18 Aug 2025

Contact Information

Office Phone 416-327-0111
Toll Free Phone 1-888-777-3616
TTY Phone 1-800-855-0511, Bell Relay Service
Fax 416-327-0558
E-Mail cfsrb@ontario.ca
Website tribunalsontario.ca/cfsrb
Primary Contact Alan Bedassee, Assistant Registrar; Phone: 437-388-9225; Email: alan.bedassee@ontario.ca
Alternate Contact Janet Cerveny, Registrar; Phone: 416-358-6399; Email: janet.cerveny@ontario.ca

Description and Service Details

Description (Service)

Adjudicative tribunal conducts reviews and hearings on matters affecting children, youth and families in Ontario

  • hears applications regarding child residential placement recommendations, emergency secure treatment, crown ward removal, complaints against children's aid societies, and refusal of adoption placement under the Child and Family Services Act
  • reviews international adoption refusal under the Intercountry Adoption Act
  • hears appeals regarding school board expulsion under the Education Act
  • under auspices of Social Justice Tribunals Ontario
Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-5 pm
Areas Served Ontario
Eligibility Ages: 17 year(s) and under 
 
Children and youth birth-17 years, and parents or guardians, including foster and adoptive parents, and prospective adoptive parents
Application Call, email, or visit website for information; applications available online to download; submit completed application by email, fax, mail or courier (delays possible with mail and courier delivery)
Languages Interpreters/translators available for other languages at hearings by prior arrangement
Fees None

Site Information

Located In Community Toronto
Address & Map
25 Grosvenor St
Toronto, ON
Canada M7A 1R1
Mailing Address 15 Grosvenor St 
Ground Fl 
Toronto, ON 
Canada M7A 2G6
Physical Access Partially Accessible - Wheelchair accessible automatic main entrance; Barrier-free washroom including door and stall; Elevator with braille and voice/tone features - lowered buttons; Mobile access terminals and public access terminals

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