Welcome to Healthy Start
Healthy Start is a place where people who are pregnant and parents/caregivers with babies up to one year can learn how to give their babies a great start.
Join Us
Healthy Start has free drop-in groups in 10 Winnipeg neighbourhoods and provides practical supports to participants. There is no cost to attend and no pre-registration is needed – you can just drop-in!
At each drop-in group you will find an outreach worker, dietitian and nurse to answer your questions.
When you come to Healthy Start you can expect:
Please go to our Drop-in calendar to find a group in your neighbourhood.
Call us anytime at 204-949-5350, email us at hsmm@hsmm.ca or drop into a group. Join us anytime, everyone is welcome!
Our Groups
To join any group, please email hsmm@hsmm.ca
or call the office at 204-949-5350.
Go to our Drop-in calendar to find a group in your community
or print a calendar for easy reference.
Mondays, 11:00 AM
SING & RHYME ON-LINE
Caregivers and their babies and preschoolers have a fun time learning new rhymes and songs. This group takes places on-line, please email tech@hsmm.ca for the Zoom link. Sing and Rhymes songs
Tuesdays, 1:30 PM
DROP-IN GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY
North End – Turtle Island, 510 King St.
Seven Oaks/Maples – Maples Community Centre, 434 Adsum Dr.
Wolseley area – St. Peter’s Church, 65 Walnut St.
Wednesdays, 1:30 PM
DROP-IN GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY
Newcomer to Canada (with interpreters*) – Freight House, 200 Isabel St., Door #1
North End – St. John’s Leisure Centre, 601 Aikins St.
North End – Hope Centre, 240 Powers St. (ends Jan 28, 2026)
*please call our office at 204-949-5350 to arrange interpreting
Thursdays, 1:30 PM
DROP-IN GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY
South End – Trinity United Church, 933 Summerside Ave.
Downtown – Magnus Eliason Rec Centre, 430 Langside Ave.
Downtown – Freight House, 200 Isabel St., Door #1 (ends Jan 29, 2026)
Fridays, 10:00 AM
DROP-IN GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY
St. Boniface – Access St. Boniface, 170 Goulet
To donate to Healthy Start
To donate by cheque, please make cheque payable to Healthy Start for Mom & Me our address: 310-421 Mulvey Avenue East Winnipeg, MB R3L 0R6. A charitable tax receipt will be issued.
Take a Tour of a Healthy Start Group
At each drop-in group you will find an outreach worker, dietitian and public health nurse to answer your questions. We discuss topics related to pregnancy and parenting, offer tasty food and give you a chance to meet other people in your neighbourhood.
We hope you’ll join us in a community near you!
28
years of serving the community
4,700
people attend pregnancy and parenting groups annually
6,500
meals served annually at our 10 locations
We would like to acknowledge that we are in Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Anisininew, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Red River Métis Nation. We also acknowledge Shoal Lake First Nation #40 on Treaty #3 territory for the water we use.
We thank all Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island, offering gratitude for the sacred gifts the water and land give us to feed and nurture our children and ourselves.
We acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past. Healthy Start is committed to reconciliation by honouring, listening and learning from Indigenous peoples and by working in partnership to build a healthy future for all children and families. http://www.trcm.ca