Healthy Start is a pregnancy and parent & baby program.

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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 8 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:

Information related to pregnancy and parenting

Tasty food for you to eat

The opportunity to meet other people in your neighbourhood

A welcoming and inclusive space

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.

Sing and Rhyme

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. Here is a link to the songs we sing: Sing and Rhymes songs.

Sing & Rhyme online starts again on Monday, September 14, 2026

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.

*please call our office at 204-949-5350 to arrange interpreting

Thursday Drop-in

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.

Friday Drop-in

Fridays, 10:00 AM

DROP-IN GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY 
St. Boniface – Access St. Boniface, 170 Goulet

5 days ago

Healthy Start
The University of Manitoba is looking for expecting moms to participate in their research study!If this is something you would like to participate in, please see the contact information below 👇 ...
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1 week ago

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Summer isn't over yet! Our delicious pasta salad recipe is a perfect addition to your next picnic ☀️🍽️😋Check out the recipe at hsmm.ca/recipes or click the link in the #HealthyStarts#healthystartrecipesc#pastasaladsalad ...
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3 weeks ago

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4 weeks ago

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Healthy Start groups are finally back on this week!We've missed you all and can't wait to see you soon 😊☀🌈🎉To find a location near you, visit hsmm.ca or check out the link in #HealthyStarta#pregnancy##parenting##pregnancygroupn#parentinggroupn#FreeDropInf#PregnancySupportn#ParentingSupporti#winnipeg #thingstodoinwpgstodoinwpg ...
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1 month ago

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Summer isn’t over yet! ☀️Pregnancy can make you more sensitive to the heat so make sure you are taking precautions when the weather starts to rise ...
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To donate to Healthy Start

Canada Helps

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!

29

years of serving the community

4,900

people attend pregnancy and parenting groups annually

6,800

meals served annually at our 8 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