CLC Ontario

For IBCLCs

Add yourself, and your voice.

This is a register of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) in Ontario. You’re the one families are sent to when feeding gets hard, and the one who sees them through. Any IBCLC can join — practising, on leave or retired — it’s free, and it helps families and the people who refer them find you. We check that your certification is current before your listing goes up.

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Why being counted helps

Every name counts.

IBCLCs are easier to support when people can see them. Right now nobody can say how many IBCLCs there are in Ontario, how many families they see between them, or where families are still waiting for help. Funders, policy makers and health partners want to support this work, and good numbers give them something to build on.

That’s why the register is more than a directory. Every IBCLC who joins adds to a shared picture of community lactation care in Ontario, one that midwives, nurses, public health teams and funders can use alongside us.

Who started this. This register was started by the founders of the Ontario Breastfeeding Clinic, a private IBCLC-led clinic. Their IBCLCs are listed, alongside everyone else who registers, alphabetically or in order of distance from a family.

Your registration

Thank you for being counted.

Joining is a way of advocating for yourself and for the families you serve, and it helps make community lactation care easier to see, fund and find. Write your listing in your own words, and we’ll email you when it goes up.

Shown on your listingWritten the way you write it.

Shown on your listingIBCLC, and anything else you hold. As you write them.

Never publishedThe L-number from your IBLCE account. It’s how we check that your certification is current, and it’s never published.

Shown on your listingThis is how a family reaches you, and it goes on your listing. Give the address you want them to use.

Never publishedRequired. Professional liability insurance for your practice in Ontario, and current CPR and basic life support.

Are you practising now?Shown on your listingRetired and on leave are both welcome here. A register that only counts who is busy this month cannot say how many of us there are.

Shown on your listingOnly if you’d like them shown.

Shown on your listing

Shown on your listingIn a few words, as you’d say it: "Halton and west Mississauga".

Never publishedRequired if you see families in their homes. We keep only the first three characters. That’s enough to match you with families nearby without pinpointing where you are.

Never published

Shown on your listing

Shown on your listingThe town only. We never publish the street address.

Never publishedRequired if you see families at an office. Again, the first three characters are all we keep.

Never publishedThe register shows where a consultant can be seen in person, so a virtual-only practice is not listed on it. Tick this and we will keep your details anyway so we can keep you in the loop on the advocacy. Nothing of yours goes on the site.

Can you work to the full scope of the IBCLC? (optional)Never publishedNever published, and never shown beside your name. We ask because nobody has counted how much of this profession is working below what it trained for.

Shown on your listingFamilies write to us in both, so every listing needs one of them.

Shown on your listingSeparated by commas. This is the one field that makes a register worth searching for a family whose first language is neither of the above.

Shown on your listing

Your numbers for 2025

These numbers help make the case for funding community lactation care. Right now nobody can say how much care IBCLCs give across Ontario, and funders and policy makers need that picture to plan and pay for it. Your numbers, added to every other IBCLC’s, show the real size of the work. Every field is optional, and your best estimate is welcome.

Your numbers are never shown on your listing. They’re only shared as totals across the whole register, and only if you tick the box below. We’ll ask you to update them each January.

One-to-one consults

Never publishedEvery 1:1 consult counts: home, office and virtual, including follow-ups and prenatals.

Never publishedCount each parent once, however many consults they had. Include prenatal clients.

Never publishedCount each baby you helped after birth. Twins count as two.

Never publishedTime with the family. Don’t count travel or charting.

Where these one-to-one numbers come fromNever publishedBoth are welcome. Knowing which is which keeps the totals honest.

Group sessions

Never publishedClasses, drop-ins and support groups, in person or virtual. Each meeting counts once.

Never published

Never publishedCount each parent once, even if they came to several sessions. Include expectant parents.

Never publishedCount each baby once, after birth. Twins count as two.

Where these group numbers come fromNever published

Never publishedOptional, and separate from your listing. Change your mind any time by emailing info@clcontario.ca.

CLC Ontario is a directory. It does not employ, supervise or refer to the IBCLCs listed.

Never publishedFree, and open to IBCLCs on this register, referring providers and lactation students. We meet quarterly for case discussions and continuing education, with the people seeing the same Ontario trends you are.Or email us about Clinical Rounds

Submitting does not publish anything. Somebody reads every listing before it goes up.

What free means here

Free, and not a trial.

A register only means something if it’s close to complete. Charging at the door is the surest way to stop that happening, so we don’t.

  • Your listing, free. Your page, your credentials checked, and your place in the Finder for every area you serve.
  • Nobody buys position. Results are ordered by distance. There’s no paid placement to sell, because there’s no paid listing to begin with.
  • Kept current. We note when your certification expires and check it again when it comes due. Please let us know if you go on leave or retire.
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